nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker and the japanese space agency astronaut soichihi will spend about six months living and working on the space station. i cannot tell you how excited we were when that rocket lifted off the pad, and the last 27 hours, it's gone really smoothly. three, two, one, zero. ignition. sunday night's spacex launch marked a new era for nasa — one in which it buys seats for its astronauts from a private aerospace company. it's a move the us space agency says will save it billions of dollars that it can invest in future missions to the moon and mars. why is this flight such a big moment? companies like spacex are reusing so many parts of their rocket. the first—stage boosters, the nose fairings, all being captured. it's really pushing what we can do with technology to the limits. but it's bringing down the cost of access to space. for this crew, when their mission is done in 2021, their private space taxi will be waiting to bring them home. victoria gill, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good nig

nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker and the japanese space agency astronaut soichipace station. i can't tell you how excited we were when that rocket lifted off the pad, and then the last 27 hours has gone really smooth actually. three, two, one, zero. ignition. sunday night's spacex launch marked a new era for nasa, one in which it buys seats for its astronauts from a private aerospace company. it's a move the us space agency says will save it billions of dollars that it can invest in future missions to the moon and mars. why is this flight such a big moment? companies like spacex are reusing so many parts of their rocket. the first—stage boosters, the nose fairings, all being captured. it's really pushing what we can do with technology to the limits. but it's bringing down the cost of access to space. for this crew, when their mission is done in 2021, their private space taxi will be waiting to bring them home. victoria gill, bbc news. there are said to be a lot more flights like that over the coming yea rs. flights like that over the coming years. for the time be

operational flight — nasa astronauts michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agencychi noguchi — will bring the number of crew on the international space station to seven. nasa says this will triple the amount of microgravity research that can be done. there are over 250 experiments that take place on the international space station at any one time and they are in all sorts of different areas. a lot of the research that is done is involved in medicines and in helping to understand how the human body works. it's a truly international endeavour. and the countries coming together is what we need in human exploration. this group will spend about six months in space, looking back on earth as the crisis of the pandemic continues to unfold. and in a nod to a mission accomplished during this most turbulent of years, they've called their ship resilience. victoria gill, bbc news. former us president barack obama has told the bbc that america is more divided now than when he was in office. british historian david olusoga met him to discuss his long—awaited memoir a promised lan

astronauts on this flight, nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agencyternational space station to become its first african—american crewmember. and here is victor glover. there are now seven people living and working on the station, tripling its capacity to carry out scientific research in microgravity. it was an amazing ride. i can't tell you how excited we were when that rocket lifted off the pad and then the last 27 hours has gone really smooth, actually. uk astronaut tim peake returned from his own

operational flight — nasa astronauts michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agencyw on the international space station to seven. nasa says this will triple the amount of microgravity research that can be done. there are over 250 experiments that take place on the international space station at any one time and they are in all sorts of different areas. a lot of the research that is done is involved in medicines and in helping to understand how the human body works. it's a truly international endeavour. and the countries coming together is what we need in human exploration. this group will spend about six months in space, looking back on earth as the crisis of the pandemic continues to unfold. and in a nod to a mission accomplished during this most turbulent of years, they've called their ship resilience. victoria gill, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a full sports round up, including lewis hamilton becoming the most successful driver in the history of formula i as wins his seventh world title. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's genera

operational flight, nasa astronauts michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agencyill triple the amount of microgravity research that can be done. there are over 250 experiments that take place on the international space station at any one time, and they are in all sorts of different areas. a lot of the research that is done is involved in medicines, and in helping to understand how the human body works. it's a truly international endeavour, and the countries coming together is what we need in human exploration. this group will spend about six months in space, looking back on earth as the crisis of the pandemic continues to unfold. and in a nod to a mission accomplished during this most turbulent of years, they‘ve called their ship resilience. victoria gill, bbc news. finally this lunchtime — a disco classic from 1979 has re—entered the charts — thanks to this. players sing. # yes, sir, i can boogie. # but you need a certain song...# ‘yes sir, i can boogie‘ has become the unofficial anthem for scotland‘s men‘s football team after their celebrations for their win aga

the crew shannon, victor, mike, and a man from the japanese space agency. lon musk to quarantine for 2 weeks now that he has cold symptoms and came back positive for covid-19. he tweeted: once the crew arrives at the space stations early sunday morning, all 4 of them will join the 3 others up there and the crew going up tomorrow night will begin a 6-month mission doing science and research 250 miles above. >> i am always jealous of you right now. you have beautiful weather. enjoy the launch tomorrow. see you. >> thank you. >> all right, big news in baseball today. the miami marlins hired kim angas the first female general manager. here with reaction is fox news contributor jim gray and also the author of a brand new book. let's start with this big news. the first general manager that is a woman in major league baseball history. did you ever think you would see this moment? what do you make of it? >> well, she put in her dues and worked a long time. she's been in major league baseball operations with the yankees, dodgers and white sox. she is very, very good

astronauts on this flight, nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agencytronaut, soichi noguchi, will spend six months in space. and in another history—making moment, victor gloverjoined the international space station to become its first african—american crewmember. and here is victor glover. there are now seven people living and working on the station, tripling its capacity to carry out scientific research in microgravity. it was an amazing ride. i can't tell you how excited we were when that rocket lifted off the pad and then the last 27 hours has gone really smooth, actually. uk astronaut tim peake returned from his own six—month machine in 2016. we were doing about 14 hour days, seven in the morning until seven at night and then we'd have a couple of hours preparation in the evening. and the majority of that is science activities. and then at the weekend, the crew willjust try and drop the tempo, because you are up there for six months, it's a marathon. you can't go all out all of the time. when this crew's marathon mission is done in 2021, their priv

crew of four, pilot vic glover, commander mike hopkins, flight engineer shannon walker, and japanese space agency astronaut soichi noguchi all on board. >> mission control, this is kate. >> -- for kate. we have been monitoring the situation on hatch two. you are go for ingress part two. >> okay. copy go ingress two. do i have a copy for the ingress stabilization valve open? >> and that's correct, kate. you're go. >> copy go. thanks. >> heard kate rubin speaking with the capcom in mission control houston, troubleshooting the i.s.s. experience. that is a payload, allowing them to record what's happening on board the international space station. obviously, we have these views here, but that is a special payload. they are just working on getting these views up. pa path -- >> path equalization route is open. >> houston copy. >> kate just opened up the -- [inaudible]. >> and we are equalized. you are go. >> thank you. >> and that was confirmation that the pressure is equalized between the vestibule and the space station. so we're getting very close to this hatch opening. step by step, but almost there.

reporter: the crew 1 crew mission specialist shannon walker, commander mike hopkins in the japanese space agencyfinal test flight for spacex was the first crew to launch from florida the space since the last shuttle, nasa and spacex are fired up, the test flight for the most part went flawlessly. the other future carrier of astronauts in the space for nasa will be boeing in the star letter capsule, that is done one empty test flight and expected to take astronaut to low earth orbit late next year. the crew will have a 27 hour ride up to the space station and get there late monday night, they will have plenty of time to sit in explore the capsule and make sure and determine if it's cramped, we shall see. once they get there they will do a full six month of science and research of above us and also this evening vice president pence and his wife will fly down here and watch the launch in person. back to you. gillian: very exciting, think about spending 24 hours inside the capsule is making me claustrophobic and i am not claustrophobic. leland: is that it behind you? is that the capsule that four pe

shannon walker, pilot victor glover, commander michael hopkins and soichi noguchi from the japanese space agencycrew dragon launch from florida in the space, that was the first time since the launch from florida from the last shuttle. that test flight went flawlessly. the other future carrier of astronauts in the space for nasa and the capsule have already done one empty test flight and expected to begin taking astronauts to low earth orbit late next year very soon air force two will be landing at the space center and the vice president and his wife will watch this in person as the launch turns the night sky very, very bright. the excitement builds and the astronauts will take 27 hours to get into the space station tomorrow night. jon: were looking forward to it, phil keating in cape canaveral florida. thank you. live coverage of america's return to space, the crew- 1 launch scheduled for 7:27 p.m. eastern time a little more than an hour from now you can watch it on fox news channel. confrontation yesterday's competing rally over the results of the 2020 presidential election turned violent at th

shannon walker, victor glover, mike hopkins and the japanese space agency.ston a week ago and have been in quarantine ever since. vice president mike pence will be on hand to watch this historic e launch. we will bring you live coverage as soon as it happens. there are or i'm jon scott, i'll be back in half an hour with an all new "fox report." now"t back to greg gutfeld show. greg: should your family take a hike over a vote you didn't like? on sunday a day of the week and entertainer named katy perry, never heard of her tweeted this. the first thing i did when the present he was called with tax and call family members who do not agree and tell them i love them. how nice for her and i'm here for them. #family first, call your family. everyone twitter responded in harmonious agreement. she got many responses saying consoling your family for sending an olive branch to trunk voters was either ignorant or privilege or both. i hate to be their family members this thanksgiving. probably looks like thanksgiving in my backyard. it looks like spring. i should probabl

mission specialist shannon walker, victor glover, mike hopkins and soichi noguchi from the japanese space agencybe his third flight into space in his third vehicle, he flew in the space shuttle, one in the russian capsule and now he gets to try out the brand-new space crew dragon capsule. once the crew gets to the space station, it will take about 27 hours hurtling through space before getting there to the hatch and locking in around 11:00 p.m. monday night eastern time, once inside they will all serve a six-month stint doing research and critical science and this will also mark a historic moment for nasa, this will be the very first time that a black astronaut has served in mission inside the space station that being victor glover, black astronauts have flown from florida into space before but those were on space shuttles which never actually made it all the way to the space station. one small issue after they close the hatch an hour or so ago, they noticed once they sealed the hatch shut, the pressure inside the capsule dropped a little bit and they thought they may have had a leak, what they

space on u.s. rockets. that's truly an exciting time. >> reporter: the crew left to right, shannon walker, pilot victor glover, commander mike hopkins and the japanese astronaut from the japanese space agencywith the first crew to launch from florida since the last shuttle did it, nas a saw and spacex are fired up. that test, for the most part, went flawlessly. the other future carrier of astronauts will be boeing and its starliner capsule. it's already done one empty test fright and is -- flight and is expected to begin taking astronauts up to low earth orbit late next year. the crew gets to the space station roughly 27 hours of lift avenue, so it's going to be a long journey giving them plenty of time not only only to sleep,t up and be fresh for the docking, but it'll also leapt nasa and spacex know how roomy or too tight having four astronauts in that capsule is. once they are there, they will do a full six month stay doing science and research up above us. eric? eric: wow. we're back in space and don't have to rely on the russians anymore. phil keating, thanks. arthel? arthel: as we say in new orleans, yeah, you're right. well, imagine speak one-on-one with some of the sport's most ico

specialist shannon walker, pilot victor glover and shannon walker and soichi noguchi from the japanese space agencylight with the first launch from florida since the last shuttle, that flight went to the most part, almost 100% flawlessly. the other carrier of astronauts from nasa will be boeing in the star letter capsule is 30 done one test flight and expected to take astronauts to low earth orbit late next year. the astronauts are making their way up into the elevator shaft and then into the capsule, the crew dragon capsule for the first crew test flight, the crew will get to the space station after a long ride, 27 hours hurtling through space, the view will be good for them in the get time to sleep so there fresh for docking. they get to the space station where they will stay, live, do research in science for a full six months. eric: how about that, staying up for six months. we will bring you live video if we see them when it comes on the coverage just about three hours from now, 737 eastern time for that launch. see you in a bit. arthel: market soaring last week after joe biden presidential whe

now is astronauts victor glover, mike hopkins, shannon walker and jaxa astronaut from the japanese space agencyon, they're getting buckled into those custom seats there that they have. there's a single umbilical cord that connects their custom space suit to the seat. that provides the calms as well as the pressurization and air flow to those suits they're wearing. they'll be doing a series of checks on the suits themselves, also coms checks. shortly thereafter, the hatch will close. that will be the next major milestone that we're looking for is that hatch to close. that means we're one more major step ahead to getting these astronauts off the ground and on the way to the international space station. >> the countdown continues. it's all scheduled for 7:27 eastern. we will be there every step of the way for you. thank you, rachel crane. >>> you're live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm ana cabrera in new york. great to have you with us. unfortunately, i do not bring good news at this hour. the u.s. has just surpassed 11 million cases of coronavirus. that is more than any other nation in the world. and

there are three americans and one japanese space agency astronaut and they will join another colleague of science that can be performed. the research cannot be done anywhere else on earth and cove rs a done anywhere else on earth and covers a wide range of different scientific disciplines. from life sciences to material sciences, we also use it as a platform to look out into the universe and look down on earth. 0ne out into the universe and look down on earth. one of the area is beneficial to all of us is human health, we research diseases like alzheimer's, parkinson's, cancer and asthma, and the astronauts in space... libby jackson of the uk space agency. thank you for watching and we will be back more injust a few minutes. later this week but probably only briefly we are in for some colder weather but for the next couple of days it will be mild for the time of year, a lot of cloud, and the western scotland heavy enough rain to triggerflooding by western scotland heavy enough rain to trigger flooding by the middle of the week. we have seen the cloud rolling in today, sunshine has been

astronauts on this flight — nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agency its first african—american crew member. there they are. first across the hatch, michael hopkins. and here is victor glover. there are now seven people living and working on the station — tripling its capacity to carry out scientific research in microgravity. and when their mission is done in 2021, their private space taxi will be waiting to bring them home. victoria gill, bbc news. long journey that has not been affected by coronavirus. it's back to earth. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol hello again. it's going to be a mild day today, but for many others it's also going to be a fairly cloudy one. we still have some rain across western scotland, it's been falling here for some time. some of that this morning getting into northern ireland, easing as we go through the afternoon but remaining cloudy here with the odd shower, and the western areas, a lot of cloud with some drizzle and some murky conditions. we could see temperatures, though, in any breaks in the cloud ac

astronauts on this flight — nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agencyternational space station to become its first african—american crew member. there they are. first across the hatch, michael hopkins. and here is victor glover. there are now seven people living and working on the station — tripling its capacity to carry out scientific research in microgravity. and when their mission is done in 2021, their private space taxi will be waiting to bring them home. victoria gill, bbc news. hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines... boris johnson comes under fire for reportedly claiming that devolution of power for scotland has been a "disaster". ministers say it's the snp the prime minister opposes, not devolution. what he feels strongly, and i would agree, is devolution in scotland has facilitated the rise of separatism and nationalism in the form of the snp, and that is trying to break apart the united kingdom. these comments just underline the contempt that boris johnson and the tories at westminster have for the people of scotland maki

operational flight, nasa astronauts michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agency will bring the number of crew on the international space station to seven. nasa says this will triple the amount of microgravity research that can be done. there are over 250 experiments that take place on the international space station at any one time, and they are in all sorts of different areas. a lot of the research done is involved in medicines, and in helping to understand how the human body works. it's a truly international endeavour, and countries coming together is what we need in human exploration. this group will spend about six months in space, looking back on earth as the crisis of the pandemic continues to unfold. and, in a nod to a mission accomplished during this most turbulent of years, they've called their ship resilience. victoria gill, bbc news. we will be talking about that throughout the programme as well. a racing pigeon has sold for a world record price of nearly £1.5 million. dear me, that is an expensive bird. the breeder, from belgium, said his family were

right mission specialist shannon walker, pilot glover, commander hopkins and naguchi from the japanese space agencyin may for the second and final test flight, doug hurley and bob ben k*in. nasa is beyond excited. >> to be able to do the research at the iss to get us to the moon and mars is historic. having everybody going up together and flying them more regularly has always been the goal and now we're kicking that off. >> once the crew gets to the space station early sunday morning they all will stay up there six months, 250 miles above you and me. >> sandra: we look forward to it. thank you. >> trace: that is exciting. some cities and states are increasing coronavirus restrictions. what one supreme court justice says should happen after the pandemic and new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is defending calls to reallocate money from police department budgets, but are ideas like this hurting the democratic party? >> safety is not just an officer with a badge and a gun. so shark replaced them with flexible power fins to directly engage floors and dig deep into carpets. pick up more on e

astronauts on this flight — nasa's michael hopkins, victor glover and shannon walker, and the japanese space agencycrew member. there they are. first across the hatch, michael hopkins. and there a victor glover. there are now seven people living and working on the station — tripling its capacity to carry out scientific research in microgravity. and when their mission is done in 2021, their private space taxi will be waiting to bring them home. victoria gill, bbc news. we will be talking to tim peake about that later. look at this! if tiger king was the big streaming hit of the first lockdown, then this time around its the queen's gambit — a new netflix series about an american chess prodigy during the cold war. it appears to be sparking a renewed interest in the ancient game — with some online platforms reporting a surge in users. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been checking out the story. get it? it's ten years since international chess master malcolm payne set up his charity, chess in schools & communities. the pandemic might have made it harder to teach the game in person, but its popularity seems

i studied aerodynamics and airspace engineering and i turned 30, japanese space agency started recruiting to be selected and sent immediately to johnson space center. my first flight was 2005, that was on the space shuttle discovery. 114. and the next flight was 2009 that was on a russian soyuz. the vehicle, is like a living creature. all the pipes, all the pipe lines or life. i really remember the morning of the launch day, i arrive at the pad, hey, this vehicle is alive and waiting to go off. >> lift off space shuttle discovery. beginning america's new journey to the moon, mars, and beyond. >> i am really looking forward to going back to that launch day. the crew-1 is the first operational space flight after the certification given by nasa. important thing is this is brand-new designed from scratch. 21st century spacecraft. and this is a new design. and obviously the spacex did a very nice job. the spacecraft of this century is not just for america, but this is international corporation and all the other people around the world have a chance to ride on this crew dragon. this is a new er