and also the japanese space agency and others so people around the world will fly because their spacet that does release probably other seats that will be positioned underneath the four that the other astronauts will fly in, so three extra seats. now, who's going to buy those three extra seats? it could be a space agency, it could be a research institute, it could be some tourists, so i think the whole access to space issue changes as well, so that also increases this game changer idea. i love the story of how you ended up going to space, helen, which is, you heard something on the radio, you applied to be put in the mix for somebody who would get to go into space. 13,000 applied, you were whittled down to one of two and you did it and it is amazing. in terms ofjust anybody being able to get on these flights and go up, what are the rigours of training and preparing for that process of going up into space? well, unfortunately, this still uses quite a hefty launch and in particular, this will have a splashdown so it is the re—entry that is going to be an interesting prospect. we haven't

space agency and its programme so we are international space agency and its programme so we are reallyeveryone under? not that you can do anything about the weather but you do not wa nt about the weather but you do not want too many failed attempts! they will go when it is safe, that is the weather and many other things they are looking at. no one is under pressure to go today, we will go today if we can. everybody is really trained. doug hurley has flown in space on the last space shuttle mission. they know what to expect. right now, they will work through their check list. it is three minutes until we launch. this looks like it will go. let's go back to jane who we managed to get. to this fantastic deployment. these things are difficult enough at the best of times, launching people into space, but this has been done in an era where they are having to content with covid—19 as well. where they are having to content with covid-19 as well. i have to tell you though that covid—19 is not on anybody‘s mind right now. we are looking at history about to be made here at the kennedy space cente

perilous return to earth let's bring in mark macaque ran from east that which is the european space agency in the netherlands mark thanks for joining us so this is being called a new era in space travel do you also see it that way well 1st things 1st you know it was a very nervous occasion yesterday and very very happy to see both doug and bald safely on orbit it's a new vehicle so it's great that everything went well we have to remember that it's the 1st of a series of new vehicles which will be taking astronauts including european nationals into space in the next few years boeing starliner comes next and then the big one in particular for europe is the iranian vehicle sitting on top of what's called s.l.s. because europe is a major player as a major component of that capsule so yes in many ways it is the beginning of a new era but after you know 10 years on 9 years of not being able to launch arsenals into space is kind of back where we were but it's yeah it's it's a good time for a human exploration well space exploration of course is a source of enormous national pride we saw president

course space is inherently an international cooperation we have 22 member states the european space agency we collaborate with the u.s. with japan with canada with russia and the international space station the destination is the result of a joint effort over many a couple of decades in many nations so i think you know the national nationalist aspect is possibly for internal consumption but we see this is something where we inherently part of it and the space is at its most inspirational and its most inclusive when it looks across the entire world and is not used let's say to divide people and we live in difficult times i was like to use the phrase that space may be a vacuum but it doesn't occur in a vacuum and we have to think about the political dimensions in the modern world as well but if we focus on where we're going now with space exploration for us it's always about the international collaboration. and that was mark mccall korean from the european space agency in the netherlands and before we go a quick reminder of our top story this hour. in the u.s. over a dozen cities have impose

the japanese space agency, the european space agency, the canadian space agency, are all excited about building elements of the gateway for long-term human capabilities around the moon. i would also say, in order to achieve this monumental moment of putting a crew capsule on the moon by next year, we have to have launch pad 39 ready to go. launch pad 39 was used for apollo and the space shuttle program. it is ready to go. we are very excited about this new program. i think it is also important to vehicularve an extra mobility suit we have designed at the space center. we decided to walk on the surface of the moon. which is very different from spacewalks from the international space station. we have dust issues, thermal issues. i would not say it is ready to go. we are almost there. by 2024, we will be ready to walk on the surface of the moon. announced, we had a graduation ceremony for 11 new astronauts. these are the best america has to offer. these are the best of the best. i will tell you they have now graduated. we have 12,000 astronauts applicants. this is a demonstration of nasa

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million for uk space agency says we may one day see dedicated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as we're always looking for ways to entertain them. so marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. "why don't they go outside and kick a ball about?" that's the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogam

dragon, it was like a pipe dream and a lot of people thought it would not be able to do that the space agenciesronauts safely into space. spacex have done that, under a programme designed to save money for nasa, which can help them save money and do other things like fly to the moon. spacex has a vehicle, that satisfied for any astronauts, space tourists and they can sell those seats in the future. tim, why can elon musk do it cheaper than nasa other europeans? he is doing it cheaper because of the reusability element. the dragon capsule we have just seen dock to the space station, that will be used multiple times. last night, shortly after launch, the first stage of that rocket landed on a ship in the atlantic. that will be reused up to 100 times with inspections in between. so it is this element of reusability that is this element of reusability that is making it much cheaper to launch into space. but why wouldn't nasa or the european space agency develop that technology themselves? at the moment the plan is for nasa, as far as they are concerned, to start using this rocket so they will benef

a potential human visit to mars one of the differences between the between nasa as a national space agency and space x. as an independent company is that space x. doesn't have the same time to put red tape bureaucratic red tape that down nasa has to deal with there and it also has the freedom to take on new and innovative approaches to accessing space you know nasa has an entire infrastructure built up based on the space agency ideas of the 20th century where space x. is built up almost entirely in the 21st century and so with those new innovations and those new fresh ideas space x. can do it better cheaper and faster while maintaining the safety as well. time for dollar short break here al-jazeera when we come back. the article the drive in movie style they're proving to be a modern day to a pandemic or to mourn the status. i am. water scarcity has become a major global issue the demand is going straight up and the supply is going straight down turning an essential natural resource into a commodity traded for profit just because the lawyer doesn't mean it's cannot be approached what about

the japanese space agency, the european space agency are excited about building elements for long-term human capabilities around the moon. achieve the yearental achievement next -- [indiscernible] 39 was used for apollo and the space shuttle program and it is ready to go. we are very excited about this program. we haveortant to note extra vehicle spacesuit we have designed at the space center. we decided to walk on the surface of the moon. very different for spacewalks from the international space station. we have dust issues and radiation issues. the design elements are almost there. by 2024, we will be ready to walk on the surface of the moon. we have announced we had a graduation ceremony for 11 new astronauts. these are the best america has to offer. these are the best of the best. and i know you looked over their bios vice president pence, what a privilege it is to convene the national space council and at the dawn of a new era of american leadership in space to be joined by two nasa -- we had 12,000 applicants. demonstration of nasa for the nation. we put the requirements on the

the space agency's new bilateral artemis accords described shared vision for principles grounded in the outer space treaty of 1967 to create a safe and transparent environment for exploration science and commercial activities the accords aim to bolster space discovery and enhance peaceful relationships between nations masses artemis program plans to land the 1st woman and next the man on the moon by 2024 just what do you think about this new framework for peaceful cooperation i think it's wonderful that in 2024 allegedly they're going to send a man and a woman to the moon am i correct on that rashida. how long are they going to stay there planned well how long are they going to stay there because i have a my deah if they stay there for 9 months these 2 people could parent a child who would then be born on the move this child would have citizen ship on the move am i correct you get citizenship or you're born in. this shouldn't be on the moon there should be a bigger deal than what we're big to have imagined this a man and a woman go up to the moon stay there for 9 months or whatever it t

a potential human visit to mars one of the differences between the between nasa as a national space agency and space x. as an independent company is that space x. doesn't have the same time to red tape york radical red tape that down nasa has to deal with there and it also has the freedom to take on new and innovative approaches to accessing space you know nasa has an entire infrastructure built up based on the space agency ideas of the 20th century where space x. is built up almost entirely in the 21st century and so with those new innovations and those new fresh ideas space x. can do it better cheaper and faster while maintaining the safety as well. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figurehead and how the headlines on al-jazeera curfews are been imposed in more than 2 dozen u.s. states after another night of sometimes violent protests against police brutality over 1400 arrests were made in 17 cities over the last 24 hours the unrest was sparked by the death of a black man george floyd while in police custody in minneapolis on monday. we don't just right near the top on educatio

what the national space agency would like to do, of course, is to slowly hand over operation of the entireer themselves, and what that does is it frees up the space agencies go on with exploration to the moon and mars. the two astronauts will spend between one and four months helping the rest of the crew with scientific and engineering duties on board. it's a relatively short stay before their private spacecraft brings them back to earth. victoria gil, abc news. let's bring you up—to—date with protests in the united states. this is the scene in santa monica in california. we've been monitoring these pictures for a while showing protesters and police officers. while we've been monitoring, we haven't seen any classes, but nonetheless it is an indication of the strength of feeling not just in california but across the united states. there have been demonstrations in 75 different cities, and the authorities in some cities have imposed cu rfews. authorities in some cities have imposed curfews. the governor of california assessed the racial inequalities that exist in our society are evident all

the uk is a member of the european space agency. we have tim peakein european space agency.on vehicle or on the bones article so we are looking very carefully at that because we will have british interest in it. the science that happens on the iss is a big part of what happens up and down britain. we have uk —based scientist taking part in that. with the space station at the mini only has three astronauts on board. this launch will take that crew back to five and with regular flights at the spacex a dragon capsule and boeing starlight it will see the crew get back to seven and that means we can do a lot more science and maintain the space station, all of which has benefits to everybody back here on earth.” was talking to jane, and florida, she talked about the weather. we we re she talked about the weather. we were talking about the nerve of these two men who are sitting in that capsule. look at it. we can see it at cape canaveral. high up there on the scaffold. strapped in. they will be for an hour and a7. before they get the not to go. can you actually imagine... there is

4 month stay let's bring in jeremy hunt in houston he's an astronaut representing the canadian space agency nasa german so this is the 1st time in 9 years that american astronauts have been launched from u.s. soil into space presumably a hugely significant moment for the u.s. space program. yeah i would say so absolutely they had this vision of creating what they call the commercial crew program to encourage an industry to support launching from humans from the surface of the planet into lower lower orbit and now now it's coming to fruition and really what it's about is the promise of decreasing the cost of going to space and you know as a canadian national not we see this as an opportunity for all of our for many countries around the world because it's about what the international partnership can all bring to the table to amazing things together and this is going to be an amazing if ability and jeremy the moon's was delayed for a few days because of bad weather but just talk us through the risks involved with this mission that will be happening over the next 20 hours or so as they try and

approaches to accessing space you know nasa has an entire infrastructure built up based on the space agency ideas of the 20th century where space x. is built up almost entirely in the 21st century and so with those new innovations and those new fresh ideas space x. can do it better cheaper and faster while maintaining the safety as well ok let's talk about practicalities they will we think be opening the hatch between the capsule and the space station in probably the next what 5 to 10 minutes maybe 15 minutes max because they're now checking to make sure that everything is sealed everything is safe everything is secure we understand that the astronauts have done nothing they literally just sat there they could have taken over if needs be but they just sat there and they let the technology do its thing isn't that kind of a tough task if you've got to fantastically well trained astronauts getting them to sit there and do nothing because you know at the end of the day astronauts like to astronauts it's what they're paid to do it's what they've been trained to do. yes yes that's true son in a s

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million fored drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. diagnostics too could also be done by drone. trials from the university south australia show how temperature and vital signs can be seen by a drone, identifying someone who is coughing and what their temperature is. the system is now being tested by a police force in the us with a dragonfly drone. researchers say it could one day be able to distinguish between different diseases, for example if someone is suffering from coronavirus or ebola. so is this a sight we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million foricated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. diagnostics too could also be done by drone. trials from the university south australia show how temperature and vital signs can be seen by a drone, identifying someone who is coughing and what their temperature is. the system is now being tested by a police force in the us with a dragonfly drone. researchers say it could one day be able to distinguish between different diseases, for example if someone is suffering from coronavirus or ebola. so is this a site we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner t

what the national space agency would like to do, of course, is to slowly hand over operation of the entirend between one and four months helping the rest of the crew with scientific and engineering duties on board. it‘s a relatively short stay before their private spacecraft brings them back to earth. victoria gil, abc news. the bulgarian—born artist christo has died at his home in new york aged 8a. christo vladimirov javacheff was best known for his monumental works wrapping up entire buildings and otherfamous landmarks in reams of cloth or plastic. the reichstag in berlin and the pont neuf in paris were among the gaint structures that were draped and concealed. let‘s leave you now with some pictures from the latest protests in the united states. this is the scene in times square, where there are several hundred protesters in a peaceful protest. you are watching bbc news. please stay with us. now, it‘s time for a look at the weather with stav. this has been the sunniest spring across the uk, but it‘s been dry, especially for much of england. collectively england and wales have seen collec

what the national space agency would like to do, of course, is to slowly hand over operation of the entireoes is it frees up the space agencies go on with exploration to the moon and mars. the two astronauts will spent between one and four months helping the rest of the crew with scientific and engineering duties on board. it's a relatively short stay before their private spacecraft brings them back to earth. victoria gil, abc news. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello good evening. newcastle will be the first race course to reopen when horse racing returns tomorrow, following its coronavirus shutdown. 120 runners will compete, 12 and a time, and hygiene, testing and social distancing measures will all be in place. katie gornall has been to markjohnston's yard in middleham in yorkshire to see how he's preparing for the return of racing. at the north yorkshire home of britain's most successful horse trainer, it has almost been business as usual. despite the lockdown, mark johnston's 280 horses still

in a joint initiative with the european space agency, the uk government has pledged £2.6 million forace agency says we may one day see dedicated drone corridors for shipping vital supplies. the possibility of air corridors between different locations to support the covid—19 outbreak is a possibility in months. you find a few hospitals who are aware of the challenges that they are facing and up for engaging with us, and we have got some who are already engaged within nhs england and supporting this, who want to engage and have these testing and these pilots in their area. so, is this a sight we're going to have to get used to? drone delivery may be coming to our towns and cities sooner than we'd imagined. that wasjen. now, for anyone at home with kids, things have, of course, become a little more complicated of late, as we're always looking for ways to entertain them. so marc cieslak has been taking games to the next level. "why don't they go outside and kick a ball about?" that's the phrase often repeated by lots and lots of television preventers right after any item about videogames

conditions are perfect then you go how can this impact the relationship between us and the russian space agency well i think there was an article recently from the head of the russian space program and he said i you know we're happy for america but in essence you know we have been paying the russians money to fly americans for 9 years and that's pretty much going to stop now so that's a bit of an income flow that will stop and they've admitted that but on the other hand you know there is a why saying that a rising tide lifts all boats and that the more ways you have to go into space the more robust and redundant their capability is and in the end it helps everybody because it makes it easier and more profitable for many people to go to space as opposed to a few and will we be able to go to space anytime soon briefly if you're fat. how much are they paying you it don't you think it's going to be expensive or not the answer is yes if you've got the blood he's going to be that way for a while but maybe you and i can get our editors to assign has to cover the space station it's a good idea he's car

the transformation so dramatic, the european space agency snapped these satellite images taken one yearconspicuously absent? cruise ships. last year more than 600 passed through. their titanic size crashing on these fragile foundations says environmental scientist. what are going on with these steps? they look like they're about to fall in the water. >> they probably are about to fall in the water. >> reporter: once last year the damage was not so gradual. four people were injured when this cruise liner slammed into a venician dock. but today -- >> it's more like a lake. and i just imagine that all the buildings in venice are kind of singing to each other, and they must be so relieved not to be so bashed around. >> reporter: without the ships billowing, there is a marked improvement in air quality, though not without a cost. empty bridges, empty canals, but also empty pockets. without tourists, covid-19 has left the economy here gasping for air. this fish monger says he'll go bankrupt selling to venicians alone. there's only 50,000 of them compared to 30 million tourists who used to com

the space agency retired the shuttles in 2011 and paid the space agency in russia to shuttle the astronauts to the space station. >>> the astronauts are expected to dock at the space station in about an hour from now. >>> and closer to home, the coast guard made a massive drug bust in the bay area coast. they seized nearly 6 million dollars' worth of marijuana. the coast guard crew is in al me ta. they spotted the boat and used a helicopter to dis able its engine and get on board. the suspects started throwing some drugs overboard to get rid of the evidence. four were arrested. >>> amazon is offering permanent positions to about 125,000 of the temporary workers. that is about 70% of the employees that hired during the pandemic. the company has been dealing with crushing demand from customers stuck at home. amazon says the permanent positions will pay $15 an hour and will start in june. >> u.c. berkeley is preparing for a fall reopening. a team of researchers at the school of public health is launching the berkeley covid-19 initiative and plan to offer universal testing to students, school a

the fact it‘s owned by spacex, a commercial company, also marks a big change for the us space agency., effort, resources on something we've done now for many years, going into low—earth orbit, doing experiments, let's look bigger, let's go further and the ultimate destination has to be mars. last year, a crash test dummy took a test ride in the spacex capsule. now, though, it‘s time for the real thing. a new era in space flight is set to begin. rebecca morelle, bbc news. hello this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines: plans to impose localised lockdowns in england will be unveiled later today — the government will explain how its test, track and trace strategy will deal with regional outbreaks of covid 19. if there is a flare—up in one particular community, and that could be on quite a small scale like a particular workplace or school, then measures can be introduced, which hopefully the public will get behind, enable us to control the virus in that locality. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, will be questioned by senior mps later amid continued calls for his top ad

the space agency refired the space shuttles in 2011.aid the russian space agency to ferry u.s. astronauts to and from the international space station. skyler henry, cbs news, at the kennedy space center. >> the astronauts are expected to dock at the space station at 7:27 pacific tomorrow morning. >>> amazon is offering permanent positions to 125,000 of its temporary workers. that's about 70% of the employees it hired during the pandemic. the company has been dealing with crushing demand from customers stuck at home. amazon says the permanent positions will pay $15 an hour and will start in june. >>> uc berkeley is preparing its campus and community for a potential fall re-opening. the team of researchers at the school of public health is launching the berkeley covid-19 safe campus initiative. they're planning to offer universal testing to students and staff and faculty returning to campus, and they're working to develop rapid response protocols and infection control. >>> meanwhile, a new poll is highlighting fears among college student

libbyjackson from the uk space agency and laura from the consulting group as political.ining us and sharing in what is a remarkable site. now on bbc news victoria derbyshire has more information and health advice on the coronavirus i write on a special program. hello and welcome to the latest and our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic, i am victoria derbyshire. on our programme we hear from front line health workers and their fears of a second wave of covid—19 infections plus how a team of scientists are working out how it impacts different people in such extreme ways. you can always keep up—to—date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. first the world health organisation has warned of a second peak of coronavirus cases. if lockdown restrictions around the world are lifted too soon. the threat of a possible second wave puts front line health care workers under further pressure in many countries. the bbc has been given unprecedented access from one hospital and the heart of london who have been coping with the pandemic. to hear their f

. >>> japan's space agency says the asteroid ryugu.he japan aerospace exploration agency sayss it analyzed images of the asteroid taken aboard its probe hayabusa-2. much of the sand and rock turned red when it was exposed to heat of more than 600 degrees celsius. it says such high temperatures are inconceivable even when the asteroid is at its closest point to the sun in its current orbit. jaxa saws a rock in a recent crater is blue as it has not been heated to high temperatures. jaxa says these findings shug that ryugu's closest point to the sun about 300,000 to 8 million years ago was 1/3 to 1/5 the current distance. jaxa adds that ryugu's orbit may have passed between the sun and mercury before shifting to the prent trajectory. jaxa says it remains unknown what caused a change in ryugu's orbit but that gravity could be one reason. ♪ ♪ >>> and n now a check on the wod weather. hot temperatures are seen in the u.s.s. deserts southwest and california. our meteorologist yoko komagata joins us with the details. yoko, is there any relief

the space agency targeting may 27 for the launch at kennedy space center for >>> our chief meteorologist joining us now with a look at our weekend weather. >> there's probably a lot of things people would like to do it's just you have to stay six feet from everybody else. we kind of get into that muscle memory of it's going to be a great weekend to go to the beach but you can't do that. you probably won't want to tomorrow either with more clouds and drizzle. temperatures today, the usual 20 degrees spread, half moon bay barely abov60 degrees to concorde and santa rosa hitting 80 degrees. right now the temperature is 67 degrees, 73 degrees right now in livermore, still close to 80 degrees in fairfieldà temperaturesthe night and down the low to mid 50s by early tomorrow morning which is above normal for early may because we will see increasing clouds overhead. tomorrow's high temperatures are much closer to normal for this time of year instead of the 20 degrees spread from the cool locations to the one locations, where talking about more like a 10 degrees difference, along 60 degrees along

a potential human visit to mars one of the differences between the between nasa as a national space agency and space x. as an independent company is that space x. doesn't have the same time to red tape bureaucratic red tape that down nasa has to deal with there and it also has the freedom to take on new and innovative approaches to accessing space you know nasa has an entire infrastructure built up based on the space agency ideas of the 20th century where space x. is built up almost entirely in the 21st century and so with those new innovations and those new fresh ideas space x. can do it better cheaper and faster while maintaining the safety as well. going to watch a movie under the stars is back in fashion drive in theaters seeing a revival a sort of us remained closed worldwide due to coronavirus restrictions and zeroes prayer groups reports. longest capital colombo. a musical experiment under the open sky. long can spot in hundreds of cars the 1st ever live in concert. due to our performance by the island's most popular young musicians was aimed at jumpstarting the entertainment indust

space agency nasa has released the most detailed survey yet of polar ice melting.ows ice loss. the blue is the snowfall adding to the ice you can see the patternhange over the years as warmer air and seawater melts increase the amount of ice. the same is happening in antarctica. after 14 years, the melt has addedea1.rl ny 5 centimeterour a us. it goes to show how serious the ion is jonathan: yes, we have had a number of reports like this in recent months looking at the trends in the antarctic. the difference here is we are talking about the highest resolution satellite system in operation today. to the ground and they counthen time it takes for it to beam back up, and that tells them how highhings are. hie, ht the greenland ice sheet d the aunt are sheet. they have done tt for 16 years now back to 2003. in that time, they have been able to track trends to see how much these ice sheets are losing. in the case of greenland, it is about 200 gigatons a year, and in the and a, about 180 a year. if youon't understand what a gigaton is, it is th amount of water you would

next on the roster the billionaire hopes that going old school by teaming up with the national space agency is not only going to be able to bring him success but also signal a new dawn for space travel let's look at this here's our tease alex mileage. of space travel used to be a thing of national pride but now much of the endeavor to boldly go where no man has gone before has turned corporate and according to some people are losing interest here's politicking host larry kane when russia and russia went into. gary and. forced us into this war and we went way beyond russia in the history of this has been incredible when you think about it and it shows and we've lost that you just added to the seemingly growing indifference or failed missions just last week something went very wrong during virgin orbits 1st. end to end test launch the company which is part of richard branson this virgin group attempted to send its launcher one rocket into orbit but did not succeed the 2 stage rocket did manage a clean release from a modified boeing 747 but according to a virgin orbit spokesperson an anomaly t

the space agency says its machine called vital can be built faster than traditional ventilators and nasaevices are intended to last a few months so they would replace the more durable hospital models. those are your techbytes, have a great weekend. >>> canine covid detectives could soon join in the fight against coronavirus. >>> a group of parents in san jose show nothing can hold them back. people at higher risk, must take extra precautions. you are at higher risk if you are over 65, or if you have any serious underlying medical conditions, like heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, or if your immune system is compromised for any reason. if you're at higher risk, wash your hands frequently with soap and water for twenty seconds. avoid touching your face. disinfect frequently touched objects. and wash up after being in public spaces. and when it comes to social situations...less is better. stay six feet or two arm lengths away from other people. better still, stay home if you can. if you're sick, please stay home and away from others. and if you think you've been exposed to the

. >> reporter: the space agency hired the start-up to design and build a new generation of spacecraftfor starters, the falcon nine is reusable, that revolutionized rocketry by slashing costs. astronauts will climb into a crew capsule with a retro look outside. but with all the technology inside, crew dragon has been compared to a flying iphone. what does this moment mean to you? >> this is the actually the culmination of a dream. >> reporter: we spoke this afternoon with spacex founder elon musk and nasa administrator jim breidenstein. >> cool as a cucumber, nerves of steel. >> i sent them a text. i said, if there is anything you want me to do to stop, this i'll stop it in a heartbeat. both of them said, we're go for launch. >> they're brave. >> reporter: musk also told me that early on he gave his fledgling spacex company less than a 1% chance of succeeding. it's now poised to make space history. and now, of course, the astronauts, once they launch, they're supposed to spend at least six weeks up in the space station, but for now everyone is concerned the launch goes safely. norah. >

but i mean, the head of the space agency in israel, who is a general and mathematics professor, carriedd he found that the virus followed the same course whatever actions government had taken. it sort of tended to peak around a0 days and then tail off between 70 and 90 days. so we're at a stage now, across europe, where the infection rate is at a very low level, where deaths have, thank god, moved to very low levels, as well. and i think there's an opportunity to open up economies properly. if you carry on... the reality with this virus, it's going to be with us a long time, until there's a vaccine, and we've got to learn to live with it. in relation to other viruses and diseases that are around, which we've learned live with, it's not that dramatically different. influenza, in a bad year, reaches 28,000, 30,000 deaths in this country. let me pick up if i may... 14,000 people a year die of pneumonia. that doesn't mean we lock the country down. let me pick up, if i may, on that point of yours about — we have to learn to live with this. one thing that you are living with right now is the

i know nasa recently sent a document to the russian space agency discussing possible areas of cooperation such as an airlock and the russians sent a letter to nasa basically saying they were interested but i haven't heard any information about that. what is the present status of those discussions? >> guest: specifically regarding the gateway which is a new space station, nasa and international partners want to build around the moon, or part of the return to the moon program, the call is about right. he's pretty up-to-date on what's been happening to that in terms of russia's constitution. there's a limited discussions with russia and nasa for a russian airlock on the gateway station but everything i've heard is very preliminary and there that are more detailed and more concrete contributions that have been mapped out with the europeans, canadians and japanese. from a broader perspective, the russian contribution to the international space station has been pivotable -- pivotal and vital to the space station survival for the last i knew since space station retired. all the crews going up to

the fact it's owned by spacex, a commercial company, also marks a big change for the us space agency.d that releases nasa to use its resources to do other things. and that's where we can start really thinking big. and instead of spending allthe time, effort, resources on something we've done now for many years, going into low—earth orbit, doing experiments, let's look bigger, let's go further and the ultimate destination has to be mars. last year, a crash test dummy took a test ride in the spacex capsule. now, though, it's time for the real thing. a new era in space flight is set to begin. rebecca morelle, bbc news. a00,000 more people are now covered by the government's furlough scheme. it means that almost eight and a half million workers are receiving 80 percent of their monthly salary, up to a maximum of £2,500. the total amount claimed by employers has now risen to fifteen billion pounds and the scheme has been extended to october. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager, whose body was found in woodland. 16—year—old louise smith was found deadin havant thick

can space agency better known as jack watched one of its rockets from the kind of gosh i'm a space center in the southern part of the country nasa says japan's for age 11 game rocket is carrying experiments and supplies to the international space station . and next week 2 veteran nasa astronauts will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida on the inaugural flight on the space x. dragon space ship headed for the international space station it is a thrilling and important mission that could very well mark the beginning of a new chapter in space flight or to correspondent john how do you has more from miami. astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley arrived at the kennedy space center in cape canaveral florida this week as they gear up for their major mission to space they'll be the 1st astronauts to pilot the space x. dragon spacecraft for the scheduled takeoff may 27th from the same launch pad that the spatial atlantas blasted off from in 2011 closing out the shuttle program the demo 2 crew as they're called said they were excited and ready for the mission for hurley it's somewhat