the weather that will goes away robert williams one of those behind the launch of the hubble space telescope things humankind will still make its way into space our interview next. mr williams thank you very much for being with us today it's an honor sir my pleasure said the beauty of hubble's energy security basically its funding and its place in science to fund a beautiful you have a better chance of being successful president that is there aren't that pretty. no i would say well it's always nice to look at beauty. but in fact it is far as the scientific value of hubble is concerned we're trying to understand the universe and beauty is one of those things maybe you've heard the expression and the beauty is in the mind of the beholder and so in fact what i see sometimes is a picture that other people might not consider beautiful but that reveals the answer to some important question like how stars form how galaxies form and so to a scientist the beauty is a totally different thing the fact that hubble produces beautiful images that children like to see is very important for the funding of h

space telescope who told us he believed despite the u.s. shuttle program it was still witnessing a golden age of astronomy and space exploration. and. the beauty of. security basically its funding and its place. to think that beautiful ideas do you have a better chance than that is that aren't that pretty it's always nice to look at beauty. but. as far as a scientific value is concerned or trying to understand the universe. is one of those things maybe you've heard the expression. and so in fact what i see. is a picture that other people might not consider beautiful but that reveals the answer to some important question like how stars galaxies form so to a scientist. he is a totally different thing the fact that hubble produces beautiful images that children like to see is very important for the funding of hoebel and of course that's important for we scientists and in fact i can tell you in the united states maybe in many countries schoolchildren tend to be fascinated by certain things they're fascinated by dinosaurs for fifty years now if y

the wall you would see pictures of dinosaurs for the first time last year pictures from hubble space telescope occurred more often than dinosaurs on the walls of the classrooms of america that is quite an accomplished so thank you children for funding to help both well in fact that's true but there we've had servicing missions to the hubble . five of them actually and the last one there was a lot of questioning because the economy was having problems whether or not it should go ahead there were some committees that actually recommended against the final servicing of hubble in fact it was the public the american public that insisted that help those to be serviced so it could continue sending pictures for another five to ten years so the public has actually helped save the life time of trouble or extended would you validate helpless contribution to science on the one hand and nasa this p.r. on the other hand what impact has it had there related nasa has done a good job of publicizing hubble but in fact i don't think that's really the key to success as we all know you can try to publicize somethi

foreign scientists not the russian ones seven or telescope is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of making new findings it's a very profound science that implies a high degree of relativity of the final result it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope makes it possible to monitor the emergence of new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band to see how the whole process goes on governor some statistical dance on the bases of which it would be possible to predict the dynamics of development of our comet on the universe and to understand where we have all come from is that what's waiting for us in the future in this respect this is a historical event which marks russia's return to space science. can be tough getting a green card to live in america but every year animals that randomly hit the jackpot or say they fought a colts ruled the latest loss just all the train not tearing up the immigrant's invites all he's going to teach you can house. hoping for a better life in america. from nigeria applied for the green card lottery he won or so it said in the let

but the shuttle program helped scientists gaze far into the universe by launching the hubble space telescope. bill whittaker tells us that over two decades hubble has taken more than half a million pictures. >> reporter: at just under eight feet in diameter, hubble isn't the biggest telescope in the world, yet it's a giant. revealing splendors of the revealing splendors of the cosmos with a depth and clarity never seen by human eyes, peering deep into space above the glare of earth's atmosphere, it has traced the dimmest sources of celestial light, the early spark of creation. >> i believe that the hubble space telescope is the most significant scientific instrument ever created by humans. >> reporter: john grunsfeld is deputy director of the space telescope science institutes and the former astronaut who flew the shuttle five times, three of them to service hubble. >> hubble has been able to look back in time, it's a time machine, and observe those very first galaxies, those toddler galaxies actually, as they were 13.2 billion years ago, in a universe that's 13.7 billion years old. >> and l

foreign scientists not the russian ones seven or telescope is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of making new findings it's a very profound science that implies a high degree of relativity of the final result it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope makes a possible to monitor the emergence of new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band to see how the whole process goes uncover some statistical data on the basis of which it will be possible to predict the dynamics the development of our climate and the universe and to understand where we have all come from and what's waiting for us in the future in this respect this is a historical event which marks most return it is the solutions america's also about to send its new telescope the web which is supposed to replace hobble in two thousand and fourteen is there any new space.

dimmest sources of celestial light, the early sparks of creation. >> i believe that the hubble space telescopeost significant scientist instrument ever created by humans. >> reporter: john gumsfeld grumsfeld is deputy director of the space program and is a former astronaut who flew the shuttle five times, three of them to service hubble. >> hubble has been able to look back in time, it's a time machine, and observe those very first galaxies or toddler galaxies as they were 13.42 billion years ago. in a universe that's 13.7 billion years old. >> and liftoff of the space shuttle "discovery" with the hubble space telescope. >> reporter: the first images were blurry, astronauts had to install corrective lenses. astronauts would visit hubble four more times and each time improving its vision and scope, unveiling such wondrous sights as gas clouds billions of clouds where stars are formed. zolt levae created the images, translating the black and white digital codes to the colors they represent, literally painting by the numbers. >> one of the important reasons we make the images is to show people wh

space telescope in terms of making new findings it's a very profound science that implies a high degree of relativity of the final result it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope makes it possible to monitor the emergence of new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band to see how the whole process goes uncovers some statistical data on the basis of which it will be possible to predict the dynamics of development of our comet on the universe and to understand where we have all come from is that what's waiting for us in the future in this respect this is a historical event which marks russia's return to space science. and watch the full interview with russia's space agency chief in just around five minutes time here on. a fastball that got a business update now with dimitri. i don't welcome to our to his business bulletin if all of also b.p. is considering a better for two major russian oil firms guy news quotes people close to tony hayward say he's interested in before ross nafta and bash nafta a correspondent in a quarter of all looks at how likely such a deal could be

space walking astronauts spent six hours on their 350-mile today. replacing a camera with a new one, it's 30 times more powerful the first of eight new pieces of research gear for the telescope. after a seven hour space walk today astronauts buttoned up the hubble space telescope. the last time humans will touch it. scientists today were afusive in their praise. >> they are putting their lives on the line to making these instruments work. clearly it's important to them, it's important to the academic community, the scientific community and it's important to every day person. >> reporter: san francisco state astronomer fisher helped produce pictures of the plot. she says when astronauts prepared it they pulled off the impossible. >> this is an ambitious project with so many tasks to complete. and yet they've gone all of this heroically. to me it's a curiosity for humanity. >>> how would you like to take a vacation in space? we'll tell you who's working on it an how saoápb they might be ready to take off. >>> and a bit later the man who became america's oldest astronaut at 77 years old. 3w4r57 plywood, cement. i, i enjoy the breeze on my tongue. well uh, and every weekend, see

well from spice to space russia launches into orbit a telescope which will boldly see no telescopes ever seen before we talk to the country's space chief about the future of cosmic exploration. russia is launching its biggest space telescope yet a huge. earth and carefully observed universe looking deeper and further to shed light on the darkest and in most mysterious corners of our galaxy and others what does this mean for us and for russia they had a russian space agency ross costless is here with me thank you very much mr cain for joining us thank you for inviting me well americans have all will now have company in our bit is the russian telescope looking to discover something hubble's missing during all the years it's been operating deal with foreign scientists not russian so our telescopes the specter are is more interesting than the whole space telescope in terms of capacity for new discoveries it's a very exact science implying the final results must be analyzed in detail and are open to interpretation so it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope makes it possible to

scientists not russian so our telescopes because specter are is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of capacity for new discoveries it's a very exact science implying that final results must be analyzed in detail and are open to interpretation so it's difficult to forecast anything here telescope makes it possible to monitor emerging new stars and galaxies you know radio frequency bands to just events and gather statistical data on the basis of which it would be possible to predict how our planet and indeed our universe develops to understand where we all have come from and what's waiting for us in future in this respect this is a historic event which marks russia's return to space science america is also about to send its new telescope the web which is supposed to replace hubble into the thousand and fourteen is there in new space research raise between moscow and washington or are they working together. it's not a matter of racing against each other although many would like to see that happen simply because an element of competitiveness has always been more interesting an

all the telescope takes its place russian space agency boss tells also later this hour what he hopes it will see. you know we were foreign scientists not the russian ones seven or telescope is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of making new findings it's a very profound science that implies a high degree of relativity of the final result it's difficult to forecast anything here the terms called weaves a possible to monitor the emergence of new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band to see how the whole pool sense goes and got a some statistical data on the basis of which it would be possible to predict the dynamics of the welcome to work comets on the universe and to understand where we have all come from is that what's waiting for us in the future in this respect this is a historical event which marx was his return to space science. really tough getting i think hard to live in america but every f. alison's randomly hit the jackpot or so they thought it caught so ruled the latest lottery mess just arbitrary not tearing up the immigrants in the lights all

foreign scientists not the russian ones seven or telescope is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of making new findings it's a very profound science to compliance a high degree of really to say of the final result it's difficult to forecast anything here a telescope and it's impossible to monitor the emergence of new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band to see how the whole pulls in schools and gather some statistical data on the basis of which it would be possible to predict the dynamics of the planet and the universe and to understand where we have all come from and what's waiting for some the future in this respect this is a historical event which merits russians return to space science america is also about to send its new telescope the web which is supposed to replace hubble in two thousand and fourteen is there in new space research raise between moscow and washington or are they working together. it's not a matter of racing against each other although money would like to see that happen simply because none of the competitive juices always be more interesti

it's a position rejected by williams a distinguished astronomer and the man behind the hubble space telescope he says the golden era of space research is in its prime and you can see a full interview with him around fifteen minutes time. we're going through difficult periods now in the past few years but when i talk about the golden age of astronomy i talk about the the space missions that we've had in the past fifteen years and the large ground based observatories and the new technological developments that have been able to us to do things like adaptive optics supercomputers that have really advanced our understanding of astronomy if you look at the fundamental discoveries that have been made in astronomy about paul's qualls ours. the existence of planets around other stars in the past fifteen years there's been an explosion of knowledge about things and then largely is due to important technological developments so they've all come together to. was this a large number of discoveries that i would say really makes it appropriate to call this age a golden era of astronomy. when it comes to st

rejected however by robert williams a distinguished astronomer and the man behind the hubble space telescope he says the golden era of space research is in its prime when you can see the full interview with him in fifty minutes time. we're going through a difficult period now in the past few years but when i talk about the golden age of astronomy i talk about the the space missions that we've had in the past fifteen years and the large ground based observatories and the new technological developments that are the neighbor of us to do things like adaptive optics supercomputers that have really advanced their understanding of astronomy of the large number of discoveries that i would say really makes it appropriate to call this a golden era of astronomy. now when it comes to a starting a family determined couples in russia will stop at nothing many of the countries six million infertile couples say some of the see is their only chance of having a child but despite the practice being legal in russia the end result isn't always a case of happy families. these first photos of then tom made him an

the web telescope is planned as a successor to the aging hubble space telescope.e telescope science institute in baltimore. >>> speaking of senator mikulski. she is take her jobs tour to the eastern shore. she is touring the state talking with people about which parts of the government are work and which warts are not. -- working and which parts are not. she will discuss access to credit and trade issues when she meets with representatives from the seafood and poultry i dust dries. >>> a study found dangers to know about in cribs. 9,000 children end up in emergency rooms because of cribs or bassinets. your child's crib should contain a mattress and tight fitting. she don't use blankets, pillows or bumpers and make sure it meets current safety standards and is not part of a recall. >>> 6:48. talk about an amazing reunion. six patients involved in a triple kidney swap at the university of maryland medical center will meet for the first time this morning. each recipient originally came to the hospital with an intend donor. a spouse in one case and sibling in another

and disrespect this is a historical event which marks russia's return to space science america is also about to send its new telescope their web which is supposed to replace the hubble in two thousand and fourteen is there any new space research raise between moscow and washington or are they working together. but it's not a matter of racing against each other although money would like to see that happen simply because an unlimited competitiveness has always been more interesting and attractive to people first it's an attempt to influence goal who's who determined this policy on the one hand on the other hand. it's also an attempt to influence the authorities with the aim of securing more money from the budget to realize their huge space ambitions it's like it's nothing but rats rick to say there is no any cold war style space raids. i don't see any race today in most cases whatever you silly we do with international cooperation american satellites are put out with russian equipment that we install european equipment on our satellites and italian satellite and the chinese many south allies are to be launched soon all

boat from said calendars seventy sites in space next to the story of the russian telescope has just been talking about this been sent into war but we speak now to the country space chief about the future of space exploration as he sees it. russia is launching its biggest space telescope yet a huge orbit earth and carefully observe our universe looking deeper and further to shed light on the darkest and in most mysterious corners of our galaxy and others what does this mean for us and for russia they had a russian space agency ross costless is here with me thank you very much mr porter came for joining us. thank you for inviting me well americans have a will now have company in our beds is the russian telescope looking to discover something new. operating deal with foreign scientists not russian so our telescope the specter are is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of capacity for new discoveries it's a very exact science implying that final results must be analyzed in detail and are open to interpretation so it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope ma

foreign scientists not the russian ones certain or telescope is more interesting than the hubble space telescope in terms of making new findings it's a very profound slimed start implies a high degree of relativity of the final result it's difficult to forecast anything here to telescope makes it possible to monitor the emergence of new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band to see how the whole process goals hungover some statistical data on the basis of which it would be possible to predict the dynamics of development of our planet and the universe and to understand why we have all come from and what's what.

foreign scientists not russian so our telescopes the specter are is more interesting than the whole space telescope in terms of capacity for new discoveries it's a very exact science implying that final results must be analyzed in detail and are open to interpretation so it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope makes it possible to monitor emerging new stars and galaxies you know radio frequency bands to witness the events and gather statistical data on the basis of which it would be possible to predict how our planet and indeed our universe develops to understand.

scientists not russian so our telescopes the specter are is more interesting than the whole the space telescope in terms of capacity for new discoveries it's a very exact science implying the final results must be analyzed in detail and are open to interpretation so it's difficult to forecast anything here the telescope makes it possible to monitor emerging new stars and galaxies in a radio frequency band. does the events and gather statistical data on the basis of which it would be possible to predict how our planet and indeed our universe develops to understand where we all have come from and what's waiting for us in future in this respect this is a historic event which marks russia's return to space science with america's shuttle program coming to an end russia set to become the only country able of sending people into space but how long will that monopoly last. the u.s. is aiming to have a new space launch program for man's ships and a new manned space ship ready by twenty sixteen but this depends on investment from the private sector let's wait and see how things go i think that today russ