from excell mars will be on the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of in astrobiology festival you know in 2020 but it requires very exciting it is how these missions focused primarily on studying the conditions on the red planet how can their findings be applied on earth. well it's interesting you know mars at one point had conditions very similar to earth since because of solar activity and whatnot dried out lost a lot of its atmosphere and so the process of how it cooled and how its climate changed it can has a relevance to earth earth is a planet too we seem to forget that but you know the one way you can best understand planets is you can study more than one of them and when you look at earth you look at venus and you look at mars you get an idea of why we're so special and perhaps how we should be paying a little more attention to take care of this planet what is the most challenging part of this mission. a

from excell mars will be on the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of a in astrobiology festival you know one in 2020 we don't really arsed. i was keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk . we have more news coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news on developments around the clock on our web site that's dot com thanks for watching. in the height of climate change. for cosmic. what's in store for. joining us today for the future. com we're going to go city hall to get insight. counter. to you know that 77 percent. are younger than thinks it. cuts me and me and you.

from excell mars will be in the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of in astrobiology festival you know on in 2020 arced. i was keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk . we have more news coming up the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news and developments around the clock on a website that's feet of you thanks for. small acts who can inspire change the people making it possible to go out for a fantastic right. join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and work together for a better future for. many cons to you all but seemingly. on t.w. .

from excell mars will be in the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of a in astrobiology festival you know one in 2020 we put it rip arts. there is keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. as you in the u.s. state of michigan has been showing off its latest attraction of baby rhino the calf of the endangered black rhinos species was born on christmas eve in the potter park zoo in the state capital lansing calf which is yet to be named it shares an enclosure with its mother. and the 2 are said to be bonding well there are about $5000.00 black rhinos in the wild today. and the top story we're following for you. the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk. and we'll have more news coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can get a

europe''s roverer does the same thing,g, as will be 2020 rover. those three plus the mars science lab, we will have fofour rovers looking for evidence of past and possibly present life. it is going to be sort of an astrobiology festival in 2020 on mars. >> very exciting. these missions focus mainly on studying the conditions on the red planet. how can their findings be applied on earth? >> it's interesting. mars at one point had conditions very s similar to earth. because of solar activity and whatnot, it dried out and lost atmosphehere. the process of how it cooled and how it's climate changed can have some relevance to e earth. we seem to forget that earth is a planet too. the one way we can best understand them is to studydy me than one. you look at earthh and venenus d mars, you get an i idea of why e are so special and perhaps why we should be paying more attention to taking care of the planet. >>>> w was the most challengingt of the misission? >> the landing. this is a big rover. once itt lands, you have to test it o out, thenn the question

meet nasa's latest rover, set to back mars' latest resident in 2021.d the red planet and perhaps more ambitiously lie the groundwork to send humans into deep space. this is a mission that's going to launch injuly of this year and get to mars in february of 2021. it's designed to seek the signs of life. so we are carrying a number of different instruments that will help us understand the geological and chemical context on the surface of mars. the rover will spend two years collecting samples that will eventually be brought back to earth in later missions. on board are more than 20 cameras and equipment that turns carbon dioxide, which makes up more than 95% of martian atmosphere, into oxygen, which would be crucial to future human missions. its final destination on mars is a large crater which scientist believe could hold signs of past life forms. and with such big ambition, extra precautions had to be taken, including a thorough decontamination for all the journalists invited. we're trying to find past signs of life and we don't want to find something

meet nasa's latest rover set to become mars' newest resident in 2021.ndwork to send humans into deep space. this is a mission that will launch injuly of this year and get to mars in february of 2021. it's designed to seek the signs of life so we are carrying a number of different instruments that will help us understand the geological and chemical context on the surface of mars. the rover will spend two years collecting samples that will be brought back to earth on later missions. on board are more than 23 cameras and equipment which turns carbon dioxide, which makes up more than 95% of the martian atmosphere, into oxygen which could be crucial to future human missions. its final destination on mars is a large crater which scientists believe could hold signs of past life forms. with such big ambitions, extra precautions have to be taken including a thorough decontamination for all the journalists invited. we are trying to find past signs of life and we don't want to find something we bring, obviously, so we need to make sure that you're not bringing bac

it willjoin the agency's curiosity rover, which has been roaming the landscape since 2012.hree sections will be assembled before take—off, scheduled forjuly. one of the world s rarest birds — the spoon—billed sandpiper — has been successfully reared in captivity for the first time, raising hopes the species can be saved from extinction. it's taken almost a decade, from rescuing eggs in russia 5 far east wetlands, to breeding two of the birds at the wildfowl and wetlands trust in gloucestershire. victoria gill reports. the first sign of a conservation breakthrough. these spoon—billed sandpiper chicks hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. that rescue mission was eight years ago. now, at last, those critically endangered birds have reared their own chicks — the first captive—bred spoon—billed sandpipers. we have to cover up our outdoor clothes so everything from rubber boots that we can wash on the way in, to overalls, to this very attractive hairnet, because we do not want to be taking anything in there, into the aviary, w

this would be the first repelling rover ever to be fielded off world so rover ever to be fielded offn establish that technology and gain confidence in that, now we can start looking at places like mars. they are a little harder to get to but have lots of interesting questions that need to be answered. if it works, there is a whole galaxy of possibilities as to where axle goes next. if you thought that was cool, i was lucky enough to be joined onstage if you thought that was cool, i was lucky enough to bejoined onstage by axel‘s little brother, papa. lucky enough to bejoined onstage by axel's little brother, papa. it is designed to take impacts like that. those balloons you saw as the material that we have landed on mars before. this looks pretty flimsy. this is similar to boat proof fabric. we take it and folded up and thatis fabric. we take it and folded up and that is that robot and this origami shape takes impacts very nicely. so it is tougher than it looks tell me what it's real world purpose is to stop this can take any instrument. we can do any science you are looking to do whe

just one of many of the great features of the rover. it will take 300 scientists to operate the 2020 rover. >> do we have any idea where it will land. >> reporter: and it is fascinating. and the crater is and an comm a lake bed and that is where they will start the search for life. this is an instrument called sherlock that will be on that part of the mission. >> a clever name for that instrument. and we also couldn't help but notice that your attire while you were inside, we could see your eyes and that was about it. definitely strict rules about entering the clean room. what were the requirements to get in there? >> reporter: first requirement, we all had to put on what is jokingly called the bunny suit to make sure that nothing contaminated the rover. and they gave us we have specific irmtd arequirements on. they said no came lologne or pe. and no wool or flannel. nothing to contaminate the rover. >> all right, paul, thanks so much. >>> a programming note for you now as you make your new year's eve plans. you can ring in 2020 with an

they were involved in getting the incredible mars rover to the red planet.ike a shorter, simplertrip, but going back and getting deeper could unravel important mysteries. we're specifically targeting this pit crater in the sea of tranquillity. and this is something that they discovered only a few years ago. some of the craters on the moon actually aren't your traditional impact craters, they are these very strange, vertical bore holes into the moon and no—one's exactly sure what those are, but what we do know is that there's a lot of geological history that's exposed there on the side of this crater wall. if axel does make it to the moon, it will be attached to a lunar rover which will land a few hundred feet away from where the team wants to explore. through that tether, axel will get its power and instructions from the team and it'll act like a rope as it abseils down into the moon's depths. today we of course don't have the lunar rover with us so axel will be supported by a rock. this is tricky business. if it's not secure, we could see axel plummet to th

plus we'll have more on the massive 2020 rover that's set to pave the way for manned missions to space. welcome to the program the united nations is warning of devastating consequences to civilians and its lip syria's last rebel controlled province nearly 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and syrian government forces nicola gage has more. tents go up in the syrian town of dunn are now a temporary harm for families with nowhere else to go they fled martel newmont in the south of italy province as syrian government forces advance many leaving most of their belongings behind. if not we fled from the bombardment and came here it's a small camp that doesn't really fit a lot of people and the people just keep coming the situation is not that. since the start of december nearly 250000 people have been displaced from the last rebel held area of syria most women and children many have fled by road for others fuel shortages have stopped them from getting a why some are trying to seek shelter in turkey but they're not being al

avocado industry in mexico that gangs are battling to control plus we'll have more on the mars 2020 rover that set to pave the way for manned missions to space. welcome to the program a huge blast has killed and injured dozens of people in somalia billons official says 76 have been killed and many more casualties are feared the car bomb blast in the capital mogadishu was now a security checkpoint during morning rush hour and some reports say as many as 90 may have died including turkish engineers that were working nearby tossers been following events for us from nairobi in neighboring kenya and that death toll is slowly rising and there were real fears it could be quite high. but we know that dozens of people they've been killed and dozens of people have been injured and officials are saying that that number would likely rise because with such a huge explosion we know among those killed include some somali police up. and some civilians what happened was it happened at a security checkpoint in the early morning and people used this checkpoint to come in to mogadishu so it was very busy the

among the new features on this rover, the terrain relative navigation. if you see that sort of red triangle, our camera in there is going to be taking images of mars as it parachutes down into a crater. and why this is important is this camera is going to match images taken from the orbit and that way they can make much more daring landing, such as in a crater. before they always had the safest bed, a nice, flat surface. this will allow them to avoid hazards such as a rock outskropioutskro outcrotching or something that might damage the landing of the vehicle. you can't see this well, but back down there in the body, moxy. why moxy is important is it will try to convert this atmosphere into oxygen and down the road, if we're going on put men on mars and women, we're going to need the ability to convert the martian atmosphere into breathable oxygen. they can't haul all the oxygen with them, so that is why moxy comes in and as we said, converts it to breathable air. when does the mars 2020 rover launch? right now, it's on schedule for july or august of 202

among the new features on this rover, the terrain relative navigation.u see that red triangle, the camera in there is going to be taking images of mars as it parachutes down into a crater. why this is important is this camera is going to match images taken from the orbit. and that way they can make much more daring landing. they had the safest bet, a nice, flat surface. they can avoid a rock outcropping or something that might endanger any vehicles. it will take 300 scientists to operate. you can't see this well. but back down there the body, moxie is important. it will try to convert this martian atmosphere into oxygen. and down the road, if we are going to put men on mars and women, we are going to need the ability to convert the martian atmosphere into breathable oxygen. they can't haul it all with them. so that's where moxie comes in. as we said, converts it to breathable air. now, when does the mars 2020 rover launch? it is on schedule for july or august of 2020. there's a contest that involves students and we believe before too long you will hear a

a small step in the lab or a trip before a giant launch into space if all goes to plan this rover will touch down on the red planet in feb 2021 its mission to collect samples from mars and try to find if there are any traces of microbial life back billions of years from here on out it's it's a test test test test everything we possibly can. to make sure that we've got reliable systems on the mars. the mars 2020 rover reese currently in 3 sections and being constructed in this sterile environment outside of los angeles it will be sent to the jazz a crater which scientists believe was once the bed of a lake and could hold martian fossils if they exist what we do in this room is we make sure we have a strict clean room protocol so that we are not sending not contaminating our vehicle so that we can preserve the science that we are interested in learning about as well as searching for life it will also prepare for possible human exploration if successful it will be not his 5th soft landing of the martian rover he landed as rule we're going to use a new capability that gives us a hazard avo

now work on a nasa robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of its journey to mars next year to search for any evidence of life now it's hoped the mission could also lay the groundwork to want to send humans to the red planet. reports. a small step in the lab or a tree before a giant launched into space if all goes to plan this rover will touch down on the red planet in february 2021 its mission to collect samples from mars and try to find if there are any traces of microbial life back billions of years from here on out it's it's a test test test test in everything we possibly care and shaking out the bugs to make sure that we've got reliable systems on the mars. the mars 2020 rover lease currently in 3 sections and being constructed in this sterile environment outside of los angeles it will be sent to the jazz a crater which scientists believe was once the bed of a lake and could hold martian fossils if they exist take off the set for next february we do in this room is we make sure we have a strict clean room protocol so that we are not sending not contaminating our vehicle so that w

fuelled by a mini nuclear reactor, the car—sized rover will search for traces of martian microbes in with 23 cameras, lasers for chemical analysis, equipment to listen to martian winds, articulated arms and a drill, the rover will collect samples to be brought back to earth in later missions. just do not get stuck! you can reach me on twitter. i'm @jamesbbcnews. please stay with us. hello there. saturday morning is getting off to a mild but rather cloudy and murky start in many parts of the uk. it's going to stay mild throughout the weekend. in fact, by sunday, some spots could get up to 1a or 15 degrees. it should slowly turn a little brighter as well but there will always be some rain at times towards the north—west. this is the earlier satellite picture. and what we've had is a moist south—westerly flow across the british isles bringing a lot of cloud, some mist, some murk, some drizzle, and the thicker cloud up to the north—west associated with this waving frontal system here, which will continue to feed rain into parts of northern ireland and scotland through the day ahead. so t

wigan move off bottom with the point whilst rovers extend their unbeaten run to seven games.wlersjofra archer, stuart broad and jack leach have all taken part in a net session today ahead of england's four test series against south africa. archer and broad bowled five overs each after missing the warm—ups through illness. leach has also been suffering with flu. captainjoe root says england will trust the players to decide if they're fit to feature in the first test that starts at centurion on thursday. there was some huge hitting from the english batsman liam livingstone in australia's big bash league overnight. he hit 69 from 26 balls for the perth scorchers as they made an excellent start against the adelaide strikers. but it wasn't good enough to secure victory, as adelaide went on to win by 15 runs via the duckworth—lewis method. next month's netball nations cup will see england face new zealand, south africa and jamaica across fours days in matches played in nottingham, birmingham and london. roses head coachjess thirlby named her squad of 1a for the tournament today and

villa through to the league cup finals for the first time since 2013 and while liverpool's 18 g roverorld since 2013 and while liverpool's 18 grover world cup glory in qatar the youngsters still have plenty to learn. jurgen klopp said that he and his players would be staying up late in qatar to cheer on the youngsters. liverpool's senior side play their club world cup semi final against mexican side monterray tomorrow evening. a game you can watch live on bbc two from 515. earlier, the liverpool manager was asked whether he thought it was right that the tournament — and the 2022 world cup — were being staged by fifa in qatar because of concerns over its human rights record: this is a really serious thing to talk about, and i really think these a nswe i’s talk about, and i really think these answers should be given by people who know more about it and know more about the influence. if i can be kind of influential in football, but in politics other people have to be influential, whatever i could say today about that would not help the situation, just create another headline positive or

. >>> tonight we have your first look at the new mars rover. nasta says it's scheduled to land on the red planet in 2021. the mars 2020 rover is so complex it requires a team of 300 scientists to operate. it will search for signs of ancient life including mineral deposits and perhaps even mike microscopic fossils. >>> now to a galaxy far far away. baby yoda has become the latest internet sensation, but we're going to have to wait for a new fix of the little green guy. the show just released its final episode of the first season and it's coming back for a second season but not for a while. the man deloran will return to disney plus in the fall of 2020. lucas film is owned by disney which is a parent kemp of abc 67. >>> christmas may be over but not the life of your tree. abc 7 news 1 in san francisco at city hall today for its 33 annual tree chipping event. it demonstrated how residents trees will be chopped down and chipped down to nucherant rich mulch then used for city parks and landscaping. place trees curbside on your scheduled day of colle

now work on a nasa robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of its journey to mars next year to search for any evidence of life joe out of silver reports. a small step in the lab or a tree before a giant launched into space if all goes to plan this rover will touch down on the red planet in february 2021 its mission to collect samples from mars and try to find if there are any traces of microbial life back billions of years from here on out it's it's a test test test test in everything we possibly can shake you know the bugs to make sure that we've got a reliable system to send to mars. to mars 2020 row police currently in 3 sections and being constructed in this terribly vironment outside of los angeles it will be sent to the jazz a crater which scientists believe was once the bed of a lake and could hold martian fossils if they exist what we do in this room is we make sure we have a strict clean room protocol so that we are not sending not contaminating our vehicle so that we can preserve the science that we are interested in learning about as well as searching for life it will also

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thank you borrow it worked on a nasa robotic rover is nearing completion ahead of its journey to mars next year to search for any evidence of life it's hoped it will also allow the groundwork to one day send humans to the red planet to several reports. political at the turn of the year is a ponderous place the present parliamentary term is more than half way through the current coalition of christian. a small step in the lab or a tree before a giant launch into space if all goes to plan this rover will touch down on the red planet in february 2021 its mission to collect samples from mars and try to find if there are any traces of microbial life back billions of years from here on it's test test test test and everything we possibly can. to make sure that we've just been listening to mars. the mars 2020 rover lease currently in 3 sections and being constructed in this terra vironment outside of los angeles it will be sent to the jazz a crater which scientists believe was once the bed of a lake and could hold martian fossils if they exist what we do in this room is we make sure we have a

the drones are in the air ready to record but then the rovers on one drone suddenly stop working. the team and here's district safety precautions that may well have saved people from getting hurt. unfortunately that can't be said of one of the $20000.00 plus drones. into really hurt because. well when you spend so much time working all these. time just to. work on it just to have it in time so things could work and it suddenly crushes. on expect a thing for control it feels really bad and of course the parents about you know things happens. to team immediately start to miss to getting the cause of the crash the most urgent question here is might any of the other drones experience the same problem if so then all flights will have to be suspended indefinitely. so i think the recent. report that that we have in the draw if you come 1st remote control on the process for food safety if the controller frames for us we know and we think we need to present these but. we don't know. how. i can see with us. right now. so far range of drone models have been used. the crash drone was the only

revisit the moon as a priority for many in this day and age vice president mike pence's the viper rover will allow the u.s. to take a big leap toward mars and even develop technologies to live on the moon for years developing a new generation of nuclear powered spacecraft that left actually help us fly further and farther faster than ever before the investments being made in the space industry are astounding from the year 2000 to $2051100000000.00 was invested but from 2012 to $28.00 that number exploded to $10200000000.00 and according to goldman sachs a whopping 13300000000 has been invested into newly launched space startup since the year 2000 showing just how much of an interest this has brought to the private sector and a big part of that now we're volves around the interest of tourism. the origin and virgin galactic are hoping to launch the 1st space vacations next year but the concept isn't exactly new in fact dennis tito an american businessman paid $20000000.00 to become the very 1st space tourist back in 2001 pre-paid tickets for a 90 minute suborbital flight with virgin galac