en minutos el robot llegará a marte y buscará rastros de vida como parte de la misión de la nasa.suelo marciano en casi una década, se prevé que aterrice a las 2:55, en este momento no sería posible ese trabajo gracias a la intervención de una ingeniera latina que hará historia a presentar la primera transmisión de la nasa en español durante este aterrizaje, andrea cruz conversó con ella y nos adelanta parte de lo que veremos . >>> hola, estamos conversando con diana trujillo de laboratorio de propulsión a chorro de la nasa. la última vez que hablamos fue hace más de 6 meses cuando esta misión a marte estaba por despegar. ¿cómo te sientes ahora sabiendo que tuve de robótico está por aterrizar en el planeta rojo? >>> no me aguanto, estoy muy feliz . >>> ¿cuál es el propósito de esta misión? >>> es contestar una de las preguntas más fundamentales que tenemos como seres humanos de si estamos solos en el universo. la idea es contestar si hay alguna forma de demostrar que hubo vida en la superficie de marte >>> y tú estarás siendo historia al momento de aterrizar >>> sí, básicamente vo

tan importante para la economía y para el futuro de nuestro país; hemos estado en colaboración con nasa lo general es una vez al año, y como ahora tenemos que estar en distanciamiento social, nos dio la oportunidad de tener un proyecto que no solamente es una noche, pero es todo el mes, y quizás la primavera en alum rock; queremos que nuestros niños aprendan acerca de todas las oportunidades que hay, para poder poner este, estos proyectos espaciales en, en su lugar; de todas las carreras que se necesitan en el equipo de trabajo para poder poner esta clase de aparatos en, en este caso, en marte, ¿verdad?, estamos muy emocionados de que ahora nuestros niños van a tener acceso a los científicos que están poniendo este proyecto en obra; y muchos de ellos van a compartir su historia personal con nuestros niños, para que nuestros niños aprendan que un día ellos mismos fueron niños, fueron jóvenes, tuvieron edad de aprender, y hacer decisiones que los ayudaron a llegar a donde están ahorita; entonces, muy emocionados acerca de este nuevo formato que tenemos con nuestra colaboración con nasa. d

and then you can collaborate with nasa and cooperate with nasa. the biggest thing is to tell them we are here to help, but we want you to do things on your own and we want you to join the family of space faring nations as soon as you can. >> mike, at the start, ellen now, you ran an institution called national air and space museum. how do you put the national in the message, in the design of the museum? or what is it self-evident? >> well, we tried as hard as we could. i forgot how many square feet of floor space divided into so many galleries and they all -- i won't say all, but almost all of them had some international importance, as do the marines, as, charlie, i think the marines have got a big job in diplomacy, more than the other services. >> thank you. i will accept that. >> they get out and about and they can do good work. >> my son is out there somewhere and he will agree with you. >> okay. [ applause ] >> and in putting the air and space museum together, if i understood your question correctly, we tried not to overemphasize, but to empha

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sent by nasa. now the rover's real work begins as it searches for any sign of life nichole berlie takes a look. >>cheers from mission control in should can now a as nasa's perseverance rover has successfully landed on continuing to and that trans middle including this little dirty because he got a glass covers over these these cameras perseverance's first image from the surface of this happened just seconds ago. >>perseverance will collect geological samples to try and determine if life ever existed on the red planet. those samples will eventually be brought back to earth. although it will take about a decade once back on earth will be analyzed for signs of ancient microscopic life. nasa's acting administrator thanking his team shortly after the landing to work through all the adversity. >>that goes and all the challenges echo landing a rover on mars. plus the challenges of covid and it's just an amazing accomplishment perseverance's mission alone costs nearly 3 billion dollars nasa teaming up with

it's touchdown for nasa's perseverance rover. images — a view of its landing site before it starts to explore. the rover has even started tweeting, too... what an amazing team. to work through all the adversity and challenges that goes with landing a rover on mars, plus the challenges of covid, it'sjust an amazing accomplishment. it survived a fiendishly difficult landing, burning through the atmosphere at 12,000 mph before a complex landing system brought it down, in an area with some of the oldest rocks on mars. it's amongst the most ancient crust on the surface of mars, capturing that period of time between 3.5—4 billion years old which isn't a period of time that is particularly well—preserved in rocks on earth, so we have a chance to find out about a period of the solar system that we have never studied before. this mission is all about finding signs of life — and the best place to do that is here, the jezero crater. today, it's dry and dusty, but billions of years ago it was a huge lake — and you can clearly see a river run

we are not at nasa, and i say we am not at nasa in the last two weeks, but nasa is not a regulator.ould be careful to not get nasa mixed up in that kind of activity. emily: curious what you have seen so far and your thoughts on the biden administration regarding space exploration? the white house saying the president does support a mission to the moon. you are a supporter of getting all the way to mars. do you think the biden team is missing something here? jim: no, i think they are doing the right thing. i'm actually quite pleased and excited about the biden administration, coming out and saying they support the artemis program, and fully embracing the idea that it is time to land the first woman on the surface of the moon. that is an idea whose time has come. there have only been 12 people that walked on the moon, they were all white men. now, at nasa, there is a very diverse, highly qualified astronaut court, that include-- corps, that includes women and represents all of america. i am very proud of the biden administration for embracing the artemis program. a lot of people might

hilaria: so we have had a partnership with nasa for the past 6 years, and it's usually a nasa night where of--it started very small, with a couple of presentations in our district--in our district schools, and now it has evolved into a month-long and more partnership where we are exposing our local students to the possibility of careers in aerospace. and so one of the main goals is to open these possibilities for all students to be able to see that you may be an engineer--a space engineer to work in nasa, but there are so many other careers that support the space projects for nasa. and so we want our students from very early age to begin to dream about what they want to be and that they can also have one of these very important jobs for our nation. damian: and this isn't something that you pull a youtube channel and you're showing the kids about exploration. mr. natividad, you're talking about a nasa engineer giving these classes and showing these kids hands-on what they can accomplish. jonathan natividad: right. we have numerous working professionals who are associated with nasa or affil

nasa rebecca morelle has more. calls it the seven minu of nasa calls it the seven minutes of terror.n hour. before a complex lending system brings the perseverence rover down to the perseverence rover down to the ground. that is the plan but only half of all mars landings have worked. there is dancer landings have worked. there is danger everywhere. _ landings have worked. there is danger everywhere. right - landings have worked. there is danger everywhere. right in i landings have worked. there is| danger everywhere. right in the middle, there is a 60 — 80 metre tall cliff that cuts in the middle of the landing site. to the west, there are craters that the rover can't get out of evenif even if it was two and successfully now. to the east, there are large rocks. landing on mars is not for the faint of heart. , ., . , on mars is not for the faint of heart. , . . , .,, heart. perseverance is the most advanced robot _ heart. perseverance is the most advanced robot nasa _ heart. perseverance is the most advanced robot nasa has - heart. perseverance is the most advanced robot nasa has eve

it's touchdown for nasa's perseverance rover. are its first images — a view of its landing site before it starts to explore. the rover has even started tweeting, too... what an amazing team. to work through all the adversity and challenges that goes with landing a rover on mars, plus the challenges of covid, it'sjust an amazing accomplishment. it survived a fiendishly difficult landing, burning through the atmosphere at 12,000 mph before a complex landing system brought it down, in an area with some of the oldest rocks on mars. it's amongst the most ancient crust on the surface of mars, capturing that period of time between 3.5—4 billion years old which isn't a period of time that is particularly well—preserved in rocks on earth, so we have a chance to find out about a period of the solar system that we have never studied before. this mission is all about finding signs of life — and the best place to do that is here, the jezero crater. today, it's dry and dusty, but billions of years ago it was a huge lake — and you can clearly s

biden called to congratulate the team there at nasa. i just wanted to show folks a little piece of that moment. >> hello, mr. president? hey, thank you so much, sir. >> you know, unfortunately, we can't hear the other part of that call, but it's still pretty cool for you to have witnessed all of this there today, gio. i think you had the best assignment in the news division today. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, david. he said, hey, give my regards to percy. percy being the nickname that they have given here to perseverance. now, david, we should also tell you that mission control here, they had one lucky peanut in that mission control and that dates back to the '60s, when there was someone eating peanuts here during the lucky mission. >> still passing the peanuts. all right, whatever works. we loved seeing it today. gio, thank you. >>> the news does continue here tonight and we are following a developing situation here in new york city. the powerful gas explosion. many injured, including two children in critical condition tonight, in

nasa's most high-tech rover ever.ts fiery descent through the red planet's atmosphere earlier today. now sending back breathtaking new images of the planet's surface, already hunting for any sign of life. abc's gio benitez is at mission control. >> are we alone? are we the only ones? >> i think we're just fundamentally curious about our place in the cosmos. >> we've been thinking about the possibility of life on other planets for hundreds of years now. and this is our first opportunity to perhaps find it. >> ignition, two, one, and liftoff -- >> reporter: that is the ambition of mars 2020, just a simple attempt to determine if life exists or has ever existed on another planet. for years nasa scientists have been reaching for the stars -- >> 20 meters off the surface. >> reporter: today they got a planet instead. >> touchdown confirmed. perseverance safely on the surface of mars. >> this is so exciting. the team is beside themselves. it's -- it's so surreal. say tuned, we might get some pictures. >> our job is to think

teaming up with the european space agency to bring the rock samples back home side, nasa works nasaorks and we put our arms together in our hands together and raised together. >>we can succeed, this is what nasa guys this is what we can do as a country. >>on all of the problems we have we need to work together to do these kinds of things and makes excess happen. >>that was nicole berlie reporting tonight, nasa's perseverance rover will keep us all up today from its twitter account of course the rover tweeted this picture saying hello world my first look at my 4 ever home and then about 5 minutes later the rover sent this picture with the caption and another look behind me welcome to jezero crater. you can follow the rover's adventures on twitter at nasa persevere well not everyone is celebrating today's achievement by nasa swedish teenager activist greta to newburgh is. >>slamming space agencies are spending billions of dollars to visit other planets. instead of saving our own planet from climate change. she released a satirical tourism ad suggesting the wealthy escape earth now. >>

i'm marcus seeing nasa's rocket tak now it is time to land. and the buzz is all over, and this really is out of this world for a lot of people bob adele live for us at nasa ames research center in mountain view. i can imagine the excitement and probably nail biting there as well. >> reporter: correct. good morning, marcus. at 12:55 this afternoon, mars perseverance is supposed to land on the martian surface in what has been described by people at nasa, 7 minutes of terror because that's the time it takes for it to make its final descent. it's completely automated. all scientists can do is sit back and wait for the signal to indicate the parachute did deploy and the $3 billion rover landed safely on mars. you see this large building behind me at nasa ames here in mountain view? this is the world's largest wind tunnel. it was inside this wind tunnel parachute to make sure it can sustain the 940 mile an hour speeds which the atmosphere is thinner than what we have on earth. the shield, researchers tested that here at high temperatures at the comp

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bob redell live at nasa ames research center. amidst the excitement there are a few tense moments as well as everyone is anticipating this. >> reporter: it will be a nail biter for a lot of nasa scientists including researchers at ames in mountain view. it was some of these people who worked on the mars rover perseverance scheduled to land on the martian surface at 12:55 this afternoon in what nasa describes will be seven minutes of terror. that's the time it takes for the $3 its final descent on to the red surface and, quote, terrifying because flight controllers can only watch as the preprogrammed spacecraft uses a parachute to decelerate from 12 miles an hour and have a rocket steered sky crane lower the rover on it the surface during the final moments. ames researchers developed the sensors, harnessing and electronics on the aero shell of the vehicle. chabot space and science astronomer out of oakland said landing nasa's perseverance rover on mars will be challenging because scientists are aiming for the jezero crater. >> a b

all right. >>> well, still ahead here, a man who saw the stars >>> success for nasa.landed its most sophisticated rover yet on mars. >> confirmed! perseverance safely on the surface of mars! ready to begin. >> i love seeing that excitement. nasa says there was no guarantee the landing would be smooth since only 50% of previous mars landing attempts have been successful. within minutes of landing perseverance sent the first images back to earth. the rover will stay on mars for about two years searching for ancient signs of life. >> that's amazing. it was back in 2012 nasa announced its intent to launch a new mars rover mission by 2020. any samples the rover collects will not come back to earth until about 2031. ten years from now. >>> perseverance also describes a stockton man who went from being a farm worktory astronaut. >> kenya whitworth has the story of his remarkable journey. >> i started off working on the land. >> reporter: jose hernandez spent his entire childhood working alongside his parents in these california fields. every year his family would travel from

nasa plans to operate future lunar missions from the station. initially remote control robots will investigate the part of the moon that is facing away from the earth and the south pole. its mission is to explore the resources available. later nasa plans to bring astronauts to the lunar surface of the gateway. is the long term nasa will use the outpost as an assembly hangar and a test site for a new spacecraft capable of carrying up to 6 astronauts to mars over the next decade the 1st humans are expected to orbit the red planet and then return to the lunar gateway. let's take a closer look at this project with the european space agency's director general yana verna welcome to the w. sending astronauts back to the moon looks very exciting i'm hugely extensive will it help us solve problems we're experiencing here on earth. first of all i don't want that we sent astronauts back to the moon we want to send them forward to as the moon because this time it's in a totally different manner it's not in competition virtue of competition in the cold war b

perseverance pays off as nasa's most ambitious mission to mars lands successfully on the red planet. it worked through all the adversity and all the challenges that go with landing a rover on mars, plus the challenges of covid and just an amazing accomplishment. within minutes, the first image was beamed back to earth. it tweets: "i'm safe on mars. perseverance will get you anywhere." a virtual g7 meeting — the us will pledge four billion dollars to an international coronavirus vaccination programme. how do you revive the iran nuclear deal? the us is set to hold talks with tehran and key european powers. and, we meet the virtual therapy dog, being given a merit award after providing comfort and support for thousands of people. hello and welcome to the programme. nasa's perseverance rover has landed safely on mars, where it will begin to seek out signs of ancient life on the red planet. the robot spacecraft left earth seven months ago and successfully navigated a risky landing phase, known as the seven minutes of terror. it will now drill and collect samples of rock and soil. our scie

nasa calls it the seven minutes of terror.at the right moment... ..a parachute opens, dramatically slowing it down before a complex landing system brings the perseverance rover down to the ground. that's the plan — but only half of mars landings have worked. it is not a guaranteed success. it is the time in the mission with the highest concentrated risk. it's certainly a nailbiter, and they don't call it seven minutes of terror for nothing, because we're certainly waiting to hear back those words, "touchdown confirmed," that's what we're waiting to hear. this mission is all about finding signs of life, the best place to do that is here, the jezero crater. today, it's dry and dusty, but billions of years ago it was a huge lake, and you can clearly see a river running into it. this gives you an idea of what it would have looked like. if we zoom in a bit more, these green areas on the edge of the crater were once beeches on the lake shore, and the hope is any microscopic creatures that once lived there are still preserved. persev

or "you can't work for nasa "?s moments inside you question oh, is it because i'm young? is it because i'm a young female? is it because i'm a young black female? you have to just keep pushing towards the stars. >> diaz: growing up they couldn't all afford luxuries like space camp, but their families found a way. >> if there was not a local library, if we didn't have pbs-- which is free-- those things make it accessible, no matter what your income is. >> those struggles just made us even better at our jobs. like my grandma said "hechale ganas, mija." give it your all. and that's i think what all of us do on mars perseverance. >> diaz: they say their greatest mission is helping the next generation. that is the "cbs weekend news" for this saturday. i'm adriana diaz in chicago. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh >>> sn is a bank robbery requires a bomb squad. they found at the scene. >>> the theft and return of lady gaga's dogs. the mystery woman who could make a mint in re

nasa's perseverance pays off. it's rover lands safely on mars.most ambitious search for life on the planet since the 1970's. as brazil grapples with the coronaviru pandemic, one small town has taken on a pioneering project to vaccinate its entire adult population. facebook faces growing criticism after the tech giant blocked news content amid dispute with the australian government ov a planned law. welcome to "world news ameri" on pbs and around the globe. we bring you good news from 300 million miles away. right now, on the surface of mars, the perseverance rover is getting down to work after a seven month journey and a tense, nailbiting dissent. within minutes, it sent back its first image of the red planet, and tweeted back, calling mar it's forever home. it's the first mission since 1970's to search directly for signs of le on mars. reporter: a nerve-racking weight at mission control. then celebrations as a signal is received from mars. it is touchdown for nasa's perseverance rover and these are its first images -- a view of its landing site

nasa .gov / perseverance for additional information and you can follow us on social media at nasa perseveree last thing before we go i just want to say that if you want to welcome our latest robotics explorer to mars, mars will be visible in the night sky tonight and right next to the moon so have a look. thank you very much for joining us and go perseverance. [applause] >> in a few minutes we will be joining the virtual hearing of the house science, space and technology committee on coronavirus vaccination efforts. until then and discussion from washington journal. >> host: next with us is clyde the president of the economic strategy institute and the author of the new book the world turned upside down, america, china and the struggle for global leadership. good morning and thank you for joining us speak. >> guest: good morning. >> host: we ask you about the new book so when did you start writing it? >> guest: i started writing it in the middle of february 2018 and i did so because of two facts. one, i have had a long or i have been addedat to now for 57 years working as a business executi

and the world has been captivated by last week's landing of nasa as perseverance rover on the surface of mars this week we have been able to see video of the rover landing on the red planet as well as a stunning high definition panorama of the landing site the success of another unmanned trip to mars raises the questions of what this means for the many private companies who are looking to make that trip themselves in the near future if you remember back in october space x. founder in long musk said his company is hoping to send its 1st unmanned starship rocket to mars within 4 years with hopes of creating a permanent and sustainable human settlement on the planet for more of this let's bring in as young professor of business strategy at the paul university where the focus and space commercialization now air and nasa has landed several rovers on the surface of mars in the past so how big of a deal is this and is there anything that really sets this trip apart. this is a massive deal we can't understate how in portland and amazing and technological this was right but i'm going to make a

a 7 month journey by nasa's new rover comes to a thrilling climax later when it attempts to back down boss the most intense process of the landing is the 7 minutes after. the motion atmosphere and slows down to land nasa describes the 7 minutes of terror. 10 minutes to touchdown. the perseverance rover must separate from the spacecraft that is brought it to mars next it must position itself to enter the martian atmosphere the friction of which will heat up its thermal shield to temperatures as high as 30100 degrees celsius. while the mars rover inside the shield will only reach room temperature. when perseverance and speed reaches 1600 kilometers per hour. it's parachute will deploy the new range trigger technology will improve the spacecraft's ability to hit a landing target 20 seconds later the heat shield most attention from the entry counts. allowing the rover to find a safe landing site. at about 2100 meters or 7000 feet about mars surface perseverance will separate from its parachute and at night it's jet packs 8 engines to play there slowing the research laboratory unbeknownst.

tune in to nasa tv tomorrow.e will give you another update about the start of the service mission. if you want more updates, you can also go online to nasa.gov and mars. nasa.gov for additional information. you can also follow us on social media. one last thing before we go. if you wanted to welcome our latest robotic explorer to mars, mars will be visible in the night sky tonight, so have a look. thank you very much for joining us. go perseverance. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to buy these television companies as a public service. >> earlier today, vice president kamala harris hosted a virtual town hall with women lawmakers and advocacy organization to discuss the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on working women and households, and the way forward with the biden administration rescue plan. >> wait for the cameras to come up. please welcome vice president kamala harris. >> hello,

tune in to nasa tv tomorrow.e will give you another update about the start of the service mission. if you want more updates, you can also go online to nasa.gov and mars. nasa.gov for additional information. you can also follow us on social media. one last thing before we go. if you wanted to welcome our latest robotic explorer to mars, mars will be visible in the night sky tonight, so have a look. thank you very much for joining us. go perseverance. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the 117 congress includes over 60 new members in this diverse group includes first-generation immigrants, state representatives, television reporters and former college and professional athletes. watch our conversations with new members of congress tonight we feature freshmen members who served in the military including -- watch interviews with new members of congress tonigh

teaming up with the european space agency to bring the rock samples back home side, nasa works nasa works and we put our arms together in our hands together in our brains together. >>we can succeed, this is what nasa guys this is what we can do as a country. >>and all of the problems we have we need to work together to do these kinds of things and makes excess happen. >>and of course is 300 million miles in a 300 miles that while they did they deserve to celebrate absolutely be a lot easier if is only that's a big team have salute lean our 4 zone forecast lawrence is standing by with details on what's ahead. yeah we're trying to get there so you land there and check it out, but it is cold there to -85 degrees, the average temperature on mars outside tonight yet as cool we're in the 50's out there right now the clouds though. >>are moving in and you never get ready for a couple raindrops outside not going to be a big storm, but certainly enough to get things wet, especially early tomorrow morning you see that moving on through so that rain making its way in far northern california as

nasa is perseverance rover touches down after a 7 month journey for a quest to find out where the life once existed on mars also coming up this country's race to be the 1st to get their populations immunized if we take a look at how back scene nationalism is diminishing the dream of protecting the world against code 19. and the search for answers continues for year after a racist attack in the german town of qana now left 9 people dead was enough done to prevent it and could it happen again. also after days of rolling blackouts triggered by extreme winter weather the power is slowly coming back all in texas but millions are told to boil their water after frigid temperatures damaged treatment plants and pipes. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us nasa is celebrating the successful landing of its most advanced spacecraft yet on mars its space rover perseverance touched down safely inside one of the planet's craters after a nailbiting descent. the robotic vehicle will make history by collecting samples of martian soil to be brought back to earth that could help scientists to de

this is why it is so important to congratulate the nasa workforce.hey landed in the jezro crater not just in the crater at the river delta. there is evidence of an ancient river there. and that river delta that flows into the crater which used to be a lake bed landing in that is one of the hardest things nasa has ever done. and it' as as of right now it appears that they have successfully done that the reason that matters is if there is a chance to find signs of ancient life that is a place to find it. this is a very exciting day for nasa, for the united states and certainly for me. congratulations to the amazing work of the nasa team. >> neil: yeah. i remember you were in the planning days for this, jim. what makes it remarkable is i was thinking, you know, landing in this crater all sorts of boulders and everything there has been well photographed and also it was already fed all of this data to try to be like the. >> neil: armstrong of this vehicle where in his case in 1969 landing on the moon discovered boulders and rocks that he had to on his own

she spent half her time in class and the other half interning at nasa. she is drawing on both those experiences to help young people around the world better see and understand how client change is impacting their world. p p p it is not often an eighth grade science fair project changes a student's life. but liza goldbergs' did. her project caught the eye of a judge who just happened to work for nasa. she was offered an internship at the age of 14. >> when i first came in there, it was definitely on the more overwhelming side. >> it was there at nasa's goddard facility that she began working with satellite imagery, studying the climate change on the mangrove forests. there is a mountain of evidence satellites were gathering about climate change but much of it unseen outside of research circles, and none of it making it back to her high school science class. >> it was night and day, and i realized, you know, if i could possibly give the truths that i've gotten at nasa to my kids in my science classes i could change the way they are viewing climate change i

perseverance is the most advanced rover nasa - faint-hearted.tic drill to collect rock samples. the hope is any microscopic creatures that once lived on mars will be preserved. forthe that once lived on mars will be preserved. for the first time nasa will be testing a mini mars helicopter to provide a new bird's eye view of the planet. and back on the ground the rover will store some of the rocks, a future mission will bring them back to earth. this mission provides _ bring them back to earth. this mission provides our- bring them back to earth. try 3 mission provides our best chance to find the answer whether life existed on mars first though nasa needs to get its rover safely down.- on mars first though nasa needs to get its rover safely down. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. good afternoon. i thought i would take a look at the debilitating weather in north america and you can

nasa naming their headquarters ter mary w., first black woman engineer. >> liftoff. we have liftoff. >> reporter: part of a small group of black women hired as math ematicians at nasa. her role portrayed in the film "hidden figures" by actress janele monae. jackson became the first female engineer in 168 after being granted special permission to attend class at the then segregated engineering school. >> i plan on beingan engineer at nasa. but i can't do that without taking them classes at that all white high school. and i can't change the color of my skin. so i have no choice but to be the first. >> reporter: she graduated and went on to lead programs that helped in the hiring and promotion of women at nasa. today at nasa, her former colleague and fellow human computer christine darden. >> she made a very special effort to meet these young aerospace engineers, to welcome them, to show them hospitality, and to give them advice. >> reporter: mary jackson's grandchildren remembering her, too. >> my grandmother was an amazing woma

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i wasjust reading from nasa about the goals they have set out _ from nasa about the goals they have setthey can do with very sophisticated rover. it _ they can do with very sophisticated rover, it would've thinks i want to do is _ rover, it would've thinks i want to do is determine whether life ever existed _ do is determine whether life ever existed on— do is determine whether life ever existed on mars. the want to characterise the climate of mars. they— characterise the climate of mars. they want — characterise the climate of mars. they want to look at the geology of mars which will tell them a lot about— mars which will tell them a lot about the environment there through the ages. _ about the environment there through the ages, and also to prepare for human— the ages, and also to prepare for human exploration. it's a hugely exciting — human exploration. it's a hugely exciting point and the data they will gather from this will really help us— will gather from this will really help us going forward in terms of ever being — help us going forward in terms of ever being able to get a man

nasa's perseverance rover set to land on mars just hours from now. the scientists behind the us what to expect. >>> plus, serena williams' quest to make history falls short overnight. she talks about her future. >>> we hear from the crew who rescued this man stranded at sea in the water for 36 hours in the middle of the atlantic. >>> and if you miss going to your favorite bar because of the pandemic, we have a new option for you. >>> good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with the bitter cold in texas. one official says they've gone from an emergency to a full blown disaster. >> the bitter cold is turning into bitter anger. millions of people spent the night without power, and now the water supply is a concern. even some hospitals have been forced to evacuate due to a lack of water pressure. >> people are so cold inside their homes, they're burning furniture. this man burned his baby gate to stay warm. officials are hoping to make enough progress restoring power today that they can resume iininof widd blackocaed rt nearly 1 million power outages a

leave it to the daughter of two nasa astronauts to ask this important question. there is an army of nasa employees and space enthusiasts that really think of you as a hero now so i appreciate you asking that question. >> i don't know about that. >> and giving that clarity. it's true. you took a moment in time, you asked the question, and you got an answer that provided clarity. look, if we can make this transition from the trump administration to the biden administration, that means this is sustainable. in fact, we're going to land on the moon for the first time since 1972. so this is an exciting moment. we've got to with which and make sure that the budgets are there, but as of right now, policy is right where it needs to be. >> to say you support something is one thing. to actually provide funding for it is another, but hey, the fact that they actually said that they supported artemis, that's a huge deal and it speaks to all the hard work that you did during your time at nasa. former nasa administrator, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> so president biden cla

timk to the landing of nasa's mars rover.verance expected to land any minute now, let's posit listen into the nasa engineers and scientists as they attempt to make this happen. let's listen. to the landing engine that shell said, is 83 m per second at about 2.6, kilometers from the surface mars. confirmation that the back shell has separated. we're currently performing the divert maneuver. velocity is about 75. m per second at an altitude of about a kilometer off the surface of mars here in 50 bravo. we have completed our trainer out the navigation. current speed is about 38 m per seconds outside about 300 m off the surface of ours sts level. one hour 40 handsome, glossy, accordion out computer. we have started our constant velocity accordion, which means we're conducting the sky crane about to conduct the fight. crane maneuver. we've lost director earth tones throttle down. scott can maneuver has started, but 20 minutes ago delta. nominal. getting signals from tomorrow, mew stable. you're just a good. touchdown confirmed. th

later nasa plans to bring astronauts to the lunar surface from the gateway and the long term nasa will use the outpost as an assembly hangar and test site for a new space craft capable of carrying up to 6 astronauts to mars. over the next decade the 1st humans are expected to orbit the red planet and then return to the lunar gateway. you're watching d.w. news from berlin coming up next our documentary series close up with the 2nd part of the day of wrath egyptian women and the arab spring i'm terry martin thanks for watching. they dreamed of more rights and more freedom freedom. in ships and women in the arab spring we fought in 2011 that would be going far away to me with. the harrowing story of the fight for liberation as told by 3 courageous women. of part 2 of kosovo. to. have fun in fawning. in the capital city of north korea is reinventing itself but only a few people can enjoy the benefits. and insidious reward system coerces people into loyalty towards the regime and. those who don't make it into the fun metropolis live in poverty. have fun in china getting. 45 minutes on t w.