and the moon and the orbit of the moon, orbits around the moon are a great place to learn that when youtill get back to the earth fairly quickly. in the sort of vision you have, artemis, nasa is expecting the us government to stump up well over $20 billion by 2024 to get you guys back onto the moon. all the indications are congress is going to have a big problem with that. i think you're looking for more than three billion for the initial investment in some of the spacecraft. and you're struggling to get that. covid makes public finances even more complicated. isn't the truth that, unlike in the late 1960s, there clearly is not the political commitment to deliver on the timeframe and the scale of ambition that you want? well, the nice thing is for nasa is that we have strong bipartisan support. and so everything that you mentioned is a reality we have to deal with. but we've been given our goal to land in 2024. and right now we're putting in place the contracts for the hardware that we'll need to do that. we have several elements that are a big player in this. we have the rocket, the sp

and the moon is the natural destination for that. so the european space agency is now working with nasa on the same code our ryan crew vehicle which will be able to send astronauts to the moon and where europe is supplying hoff of that. that crew vehicle which will go to the moon and we just signed contracts to start building the 1st possible. it's called the gateway. so this is a small the ocean of the international space station with the same partnership in a little bit around the moon, which will then form a place to go down to the surface of the moon, but also to do science above the radiation belts of the which protect the astronauts on the ice, and that's a stepping stone then to send humans to mars. so i think there's an awful lot of push in terms of science and technology. but also you see these new global players like china being very ambitious, and that tends to trigger a response from the traditional play as the united states, europe, russia, japan, and others. so i think there's no specific reason to be doing this now, bu

the moon. and you wonder of a young woman who was in the aerospace control center reports that the long march 5 rocket lifted off normally. and the chiang a 5 spacecraft has entered orbit as planned. i can now announce that the launch mission of long much 5 has been completed successfully several more the government imo, the chuang of 5 rocket is made up of several components. one is the land which will dig for rocks and soil. these materials will then be transferred into the return capsule for the journey back to earth. protocol to haul up the current lunar program consists of 3 phases, orbiting landing and returning the china. 5 will carry out the 3rd phase, bringing moon samples back to earth that we hope this will be a success. was a good your mind that you hope. if successful, it would be the 1st time in 4 decades. that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it's a kid, a major breakthrough when it became

that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a man into space. 10 years later trying to hit another milestone successfully landing and unpiloted spacecraft on the moon. it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union success in 1976. more chinese cheers in january 29th teen in a global 1st, a lunar probe. touching down on the far side of the moon, boosting china's space ambitions. mas' is also in its sights. this year beijing launched an unmanned probe to the planet. in july, it put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system. the country's, rival to us and g.p.s., but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon is one of china's may stamp issues to date and one which beijing is determined to be another success. well, to talk some more about this, we're joined by keith cowing, he's a blogger, and the founder of the web site nasa watc

that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a man into space. 10 years later, china hit another milestone successfully landing in unpiloted spacecraft on the moon. it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union success in 1976. more chinese cheers in january 29th teen in a global 1st, a lunar probe. touching down on the far side of the moon, boosting china's space ambitions. mas' is also in its sights. this year beijing launched an unmanned probe to the planet. in july, it put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system. the country's rival to u.s. owned g.p.s. . but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon is one of china's most ambitious to date and one which beijing is determined to be another success. we'll talk some more about this. we're joined by keith cowing. he's a blogger, and the founder of the website, nasa watch, as

liftoff to the moon. china launches a mission to the moon. that could make it only the 3rd country to bring back rock samples from its surface. we asked why the mission is important, and what's driving and vicious plans for space. religion proves a stumbling block for many marriages in india, we speak to an interfaith couple all opposition to be with each other and to rest more morticians. welcome to do that. you could join us. china launched a rocket today to the moon seeking to bring samples of luna rocks and dust back to the john 5 name for the ancient chinese moon goddess. took off successfully from china. it's the 1st mission in 4 decades. and if successful, it would make china only the 3rd country to bring back samples from the moon after the u.s. and the former soviet union. and for more on this launch, i'm joined by mark mccall cohen, senior advisor for science, an exploration of the european space agency. marc welcome and rocks have been brought back from the moon before. what is the scientific importance of this mission? well, as yo

5 name for the ancient chinese moon goddess. took off successfully from china southern it's the 1st mission in 4 decades. and if successful, it would make china only the 3rd country to bring back samples from the moon after the u.s. and the former soviet union. and for more on this launch, i'm joined by mark because senior advisor for science, an exploration of the european space agency, mark, welcome rocks, have been brought back from the moon before. what is the scientific importance of this mission? well, as you know, the apollo missions and also soviet unmanned missions brought back rocks in the sixty's and seventy's. but now the chinese mission is going is actually interesting . it's a much younger region of the moon than the previous missions of being to the top of a volcano, a very smooth, flat volcano, not a spike, but it's much younger than those other regions. and so that will actually tell us something more about the more recent geological changes on the moon, and that will then be able to allow us to connect into what

that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a man into space 10 years later trying to hit another milestone successfully landing and unpiloted spacecraft on the moon. it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union success in 1976. more chinese cheers in january 2019 in global 1st alluna probe, touching down on the far side of the moon, boosting china's space ambitions. mas is also in its sights. this year, beijing launched an unmanned probe to the planet. in july, it put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system. the country's rival to us and key p.s. . but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon is one of china's may stamp issues to date and one which beijing is determined to be another success. while to talk some more about this, we're joined by keith cowing. he's a blogger on the founder of the website, nasa watch, as well

that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a human into space. the 10 years later, china hit another milestone successfully landing an unpiloted spacecraft on the moon. it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union success in 1976. more chinese cheers in january $2900.00 in a global 1st, a lunar pro. touching down on the far side of the moon, boosting china's space and bush and must is also in that sights. this year, beijing launched an unmanned probe to the planet. in july, it put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system. the country's rival to u.s. owned g.p.s. . but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon is one of china's most ambitious to date. and one that beijing is determined will be another success . joining me now is pleasant bowen. he's an expert for space warfare space policy and international relations in out

china has launched a robotic spacecraft it hopes will bring back rocks from the moon. any country to retrieve samples from the lunar surface since the 1970's. i'm not sure if you can hear any of them demographic countdown in mandarin. it's hoped the mission will add to our understanding of the moon's origin and formation. joining me now is our science correspondent, jonathan amos. jonathan, it surprised me that we haven't had any rock samples in nearly 50 years, although nasa brought a lot back. wire the chinese wanting to them back now? well, it's pa rt wanting to them back now? well, it's part of their plan to improve their capability and competency in doing space exploration. they've done several missions now on the moon, and on each succeeding mission, it's gotten a little bit more difficult and ambitious. and we saw at the end of last year, they put a lander on a small wheeled vehicle on the far side of the moon — nobody‘s done that. not the americans, not the soviets and their heyday. they couldn't do that, they couldn't manage it. but the chinese have done it, an

we've been waiting decades to go back to the moon. thank you for your impetus and your team for getting that done. my question is about artemis. we have had a lot of hurricanes in the gulf of mexico, very near and passing over the course date, how is the core -- passing over the core stage. how is nasa doing? rep. pelosi: first -- jim: for sure there been impacts from hurricanes and covid and people are aware the core stage of the sls, that is the challenge. we have to get that complete. we have to get the green run complete and we are working on that every day. the reason we do the green run subsystem and we test all of the limits, and we will find things. when we find things we will get them corrected. is a test vehicle . it is going to the moon. that rocket will fly to the moon. it will launch orion and the european service module to the moon. we have to make sure we get it right. when we get this first one right , we know the second sls will launch american astronauts around the moon. this is a program that is on the five yard line

that material has been brought back from the moon. hina's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to send a man into space. 10 years later trying to hit another milestone successfully landing and unpiloted spacecraft on the moon. it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union success in 1976. more chinese cheers in january 29000 in a global first alluna probe. touching down on the far side of the moon, boosting china's space ambitions. mas is also in its sights. this year, beijing launched an unmanned probe to the planet. in july, it put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system. the country's rival to u.s. owned g.p.s. . but this lunar mission to bring back material from the moon is one of china's most ambitious to date and one which beijing is determined to be another success. or even for more now i'm joined by keith keller. he is a blogger, and founder of the website, nasa watches, well as being a fo

well, time to definitely has big plans for the moon. now the chunk of 5 left around 4. 30 am local time from china's southern heinen island in what upwards flying for about 40 minutes before being sent in the trajectory of the moon where it's expected to land in about 8 days. now chung is the name of the ancient chinese goddess of the moon, and the of the goal of this rover is to land on the moon. explore a bit that region and to pick up one to 2 kilograms of lunar rocks to take back to china for tonnage to better understand the moon's surface. now, what's different about this mission compared to say, previous missions to pick up samples by the russians? is that the way it's coming back is a bit more complex. it's not coming directly back to, it's going to go back up, go into a nother module and then be transferred again to another capsule before returning to than the reason is that china is testing out a pathway to send up its own chinese astronauts to the moon which it plans to do in the next 10 to 15 years in the long term plan is to

we're going to the surface of the moon and other things. i think we're all committed to achieving what you've highlighted is so important , which is creating that diversity for the workforce and for students. and i think i can very clearly say that we are clearly committed to that agenda. >> i am concerned that you're trying to fold things into one enterprising solution. so moving forward, i'd really like to see, know how you plan to keep exports, a separate program, not by folding it into other programs. and, you know, speaking about a budget and if you scale it down, how are we going to then inspire those future generations, going to mars, going to other places, if we don't invest in the next generation now? >> yes, ma'am. i think we are 100% committed to investing in that next generation and doing those amazing and stunning achievements, like the artemis program, where we're going to take not just the next man, but the first woman to the surface of the moon. and i can tell you nobody is more excited than that then my 12-year-old daughter.

it is going to the moon. that rocket will fly to the what moon. it will launch orion and the european service module to the moon. we have to make sure we get it right. when we get this first one right, we know the second sls will launch american astronauts around the moon. this is a program that is on the five yard line and we are very excited about getting the test complete, getting the core stage here. yesterday i was at the vab, the vehicle assembly building, and the solid rocket boosters are there ready to be integrated. they are not in the vehicle assembly building but they're the processing facility. they are here at kennedy. we saw the orion crew capsule is ready and tested. the european service model is ready and tested. the adapters, everything is ready. we just have to get that core stage. we saw just recently the mobile launcher roll out and then rolled back in. yesterday i saw it in its completed form and it is beautiful. bob told me that will not be what holds us up. so far he has been right. there is a lot of positive things happening

government to better understand the surface of the moon. now what's different about this particular mission compared to say, previous missions pick up samples by the russians, is that the way it's coming up is a bit more complicated. it's going to go into another orbiting module before being transferred to another capsule. then returning to earth to china in a mongolia province in about $23.00 days. and the reason it's more complex is that china is essentially testing out a new pathway to send up chinese astronauts to the moon, which is what it wants to do over the next 10 to 15 years in the long term plan is to establish a permanent chinese presence there going forward, although it hasn't been smooth sailing. the long march rocket, the rocket, which is used to send the model up into space actually was tested and launched 3 times earlier this year. and there were failures during those 3 times. so it's been a long road to get there and could serve as a so completely domestic effort by the chinese and it's a military run program. so i'm presum

the moon. and you want to have a young woman who was in the aerospace control center reports that the long march 5 rocket lifted off. normally in the chuang, a 5 spacecraft has entered orbit as planned. i can now announce that the launch mission of long much 5 has been completed successfully far from all over the government, imo. the chuang of 5 rocket is made up of several components. one is the land which will dig for rocks and soil. these materials will then be transferred into the return capsule for the journey back to protocol to haul. our current lunar program consists of 3 phases, overseeing landing and returning the chuang. a 5 will carry out the 3rd phase, bringing moon softballs back to earth that we hope this will be a success. was a good your mind that you hope. if successful, it would be the 1st time in 4 decades. that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it's a kid, a major breakthrough when it

john 5 name for the ancient chinese moon goddess. took off successfully from china. it's the 1st mission in 4 decades. and if successful, it would make china only the 3rd country to bring back samples from the morning after the u.s. and the former soviet union. and for more on this launch, i'm joined by mark mccall cohen, senior advisor for science, an exploration of the european space agency. mark, welcome rocks have been brought back from the moon before all. what is the scientific importance of this mission? well, as you know, the apollo missions and also soviet unmanned missions brought back rocks in the sixty's and seventy's. but the chinese mission is going is actually interesting. it's a much younger region of the moon than the previous missions have been to the top of a volcano, a very smooth, flat volcano, not a spike, but it's much younger than those other regions. and so that will actually tell us something more about the more recent geological changes on the moon, and that will then be able to allow us to connect into what

it also had a very impressive mission through the moon. in general, 21000, china became the 1st country to send its own rover to the far side of the moon. and up to almost 2 years later, it's still there, exploring that region of past the hour. and these are the top stories, 3 weeks after the us elections, president elect joe biden is beginning his transition to the white house. donald trump's refused to concede, but he authorized the general services agency to declare biden the apparent winner . also biden's newly unveiled national security team and expected cabinet nominees are asked. they are diverse.

to send its own rover to the false side of the moon. and up to today, almost 2 years later, it's still there, exploring that region. the top stories on al-jazeera is 3 weeks off. the u.s. elections and president elect joe biden is beginning his transition to the what else? donald trump's refused to concede, but he has all 4 eyes. the general services agency to clear by the parents with all eyes are going to be on the republican party leadership in the coming days because really we're seeing.

the moon. and you want to have a young woman who was in the aerospace control center reports that the long march 5 rocket lifted off normally and the channel 5 spacecraft has entered orbit as planned. i can now announce that the launch mission of long march 5 has been completed successfully after all, although government imo, the chuang of 5 rocket is made up of several components. one is the land which will dig for rocks and soil. these materials will then be transferred into the return capsule for the journey back to protocol to haul up the current lunar program consists of 3 phases, overseeing landing and returning the china. 5 will carry out the 3rd phase, bringing moon samples back to earth that we hope this will be a success. was a good year london. if successful, it would be the 1st time in 4 decades. that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space ambitions are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003, it's a kid, a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd cou

it's visiting a lava—field area in the north western region of the moon. hing astronauts. these men and women are working initially in space modules in orbit around the earth. china hopes soon to have its own permanent space station this decade. the ambition, however, is to venture further afield, and the chang'e—5 sample return mission employs basically the same technical concepts you'd use to put chinese astronauts on the moon, and then bring them home safely. jonathan amos, bbc news. production on the delayed sixth series of line of duty has finally finished, after it was hit by the coronavirus pandemic. series creatorjed mercurio tweeted to say "that's a wrap. 82 days of shooting with the covid shutdown in between, but we made it, thanks to our brilliant cast and crew. not a single day's filming lost, and 100—plus colleagues finished the shoot in good health." imagine this. you're walking your new puppy in the local park when, suddenly, he's snatched by an alligator and pulled under water — what would you do? it was a dilemma faced by richard willbanks

it hopes to launch a manned mission to the moon before the year 2030. beijing years to train you with more on china's space ambitions for the goal of this rover is to land on the moon. explore a bit that region and to pick up one to 2 kilograms of lunar rocks to take back to china for tonnage to better understand the moon's surface. now, what's different about this mission compared to say, previous missions to pick up samples by the russians? is that the way it's coming back is a bit more complex. it's not coming directly back to, it's going to go back up, go into a nother module and then be transferred again to another capsule before returning to earth. and the reason is that china is testing out a pathway to send up its own chinese astronauts to the moon, which it plans to do in the next 10 to 15 years in the long term plan is to have a permanent chinese presence there or colony there going forward, but it hasn't all been smooth sailing. china did test its long march rocket out at least 3 times this year. and each and every time it had been tested, th

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the moon and back, china setting the spacecraft to the moon. ollecting samples and bring them back to earth. the third country to accomplish this after the u.s. and soviet union years ago. the last attempt was made more than 40 years ago. let's bring in a theoretical physicist, michio kaku to break down the significance of this. good to see you again, sir. if you don't go to the moon people say, well, maybe there is no significant, it's not important. what you say? >> first of all, let me congratulate the chinese, they are following the u.s. step-by-step. there are still 34 years behind the u.s. but they are taking shortcuts. they are squeezing the program as they follow. they will appreciate more than a few months instead of an orbiter and then lander and then a rover, it is one mission with an orbiter, lander and rover to explore mars. the chinese are methodically following the west, making shortcuts along the way. connell: right. so we don't have to worry about an old-school space race like the u.s. and soviet union years ago. the chinese can

it's video of the moon rise over ocean peak in fremont. the people who live at the hill shot the 95% full moon rise yesterday. hackers posed at the top of the mountain and waved. this is obviously a time lapse. they waved flags as the moon rose overhead. shooting the moon rises a thanksgiving tradition for that group. >> technically not full yet. i was just checking up on that. technically it will be full monday at 1:30 in the morning our time. so it's coming soon. even though you may not see the exact time, the next couple of nights will be great to look at the moon. it's up now but first i want you to look west with me past the golden gate bridge. look at the color in the sky there. that is from the top of the sales force tower looking east. you can see some of the moonlight on the bay. that is the moonlight. and over san jose, clear skies. let's get some numbers. san jose at 57 right now. upper 50s for concord, livermore at 55. this is what it looks like at this time of the day when you get into the mid-60s for daytime highs, which is wh

astronaut david scott who was on the moon did the famous experiment where he dropped a hammer and theather on the moon to show that they fall at the same rate which is something that galileo was the first to discover and write about. we see how his name in the work that he did of ingenuity today and a lot of creativity, david scott started the experiment by saying the reason we are here today is because of some gentlemen named galileo. >> one other thing in which galileo showed ingenuity and in any case very creative thinking was in the fact that he declared the universe was written in the language of mathematics, today we take that for granted because all the laws of physics, everything is mathematical equations but at this time there really were, he wrote the very first few and yet he had this incredible intuition that somehow the universe has to return the language of mathematics and of course people after him in that particular isaac newton in his theory of gravitation and riding his laws of mechanics picked up on the idea and of course today we all do that. when we want to write

it is by the light of the silvery moon that beavers worldwide finish building their dams. s another spectacle tonight, a number all eclipse of the moon which is exciting of the paint dry. it is at 160 a.m. and you can look at it if you want but you will not see anything. the full moon gets slightly dimmer. you will not notice it. just go outside and enjoy the moon no matter whether it is cold or not. the moon is in the sky tonight. >>> you'll be able to see it because will of the clouds they have will not block the view. you know how it has been kind of cold in the overnight hours? particularly since thanksgiving. we pulled in dry air on thanksgiving. he pulled in dry air and we have been stuck with it. the morning lows will continue to go down to the low 30s for many inland spots. daytime highs will keep warming right back up in a big way in the mid to upper 60s. a preview from the top of the mark hopkins. if we put some numbers on this it is 37 already in santa rosa. still 50 in san francisco. a little bit of humidity in the air and the temperatures do not drop as fast. i

full moon might look nicely less bright at around 1:40 am. during the total eclipse you know, when it turns deep red, that will not happen tonight. that happens at 1:40 am. and i don't know about you but a slightly dimmer full moon at 1:40 am just doesn't appeal.>> but it is kind of interesting as to why one equips puts on a show and another dozen. i've got a little diagram that shows how these things even happen in the first place. you can see earth is right in the middle and then you can kind of make out the moon there which is spinning around. the moon does not go around on a perfectly flat plane. it's tilted. and you can see how there are two different shadows they are. if you don't get right in the deepest part of the shadow as the moon goes around, you just barely kind of claims that on the side. those are the ones that are not really noticed much but it still kind of cool to know about it. look at all those clouds, they can also get in the way. they shouldn't be a major factor, pretty view from treasure island looking up toward the east. this is

astronaut david scott was on the moon and did a famou the famous experiment where he dropped a hammer a feather on the moon to show that they follow the same rate which is something again that galileo was the first to discover and write about. we see how his name and the work he did compared to the ingenuity today and a lot of creativity. david scott started the experiment saying the reason we are here today is because of some gentle man named galileo. one other thing was in the fact that he declared the universe was written in the language of mathematics. today we take that for granted because all of the laws and physics are written as mathematical equations but in his time there were no such laws in fact he wrote the very first few of those and yet he had this incredible intuition that somehow the universe has to be written in the language of mathematics and of course people after him picked up on that in particular, isaac newton and his theory writing the laws of mechanics and of course today we all do that when we want to write a theory in physics or any fundamental science it is

blasting] apollo 13 is probably the most famous that did not land on the moon in the apollo series of missions. there was an explosion and a fire. >> houston, we have a problem here. we have had a hardware i don't i don't restart. know what it was. >> it was actually a debrief field, so jim lovell and his crew could not see where they were throughout the mission because of the debris cloud that surrounded the spacecraft. when they aborted the mission to land on the moon, they orbited the moon, they were headed back to earth. right before they reentered earth's atmosphere, the debris field cleared and they were able to look out their windows to confirm that they had adjusted their navigation systems correctly. so again, they use their knowledge gained from morehead training to ensure that they were on the right path. and they made it home safely. >> houston, we show you on the main. it really looks great. >> at morehead, we like to say that we trained astronauts and we are training future astronauts. we want every visitor here to see that the sky truly is -- the sky is not even the lim

it's called the blue moon and it earned that name because it's the second full moon to take place in a month. the first one the harvest moon took place on october first we're agree with greeted with the harvest moon at the beginning of the month. astronomer gerald mckeague and says what's happening tonight is definitely rare like so many other things we've seen so far in 2020. this to full moon month is among 13 full moons will see in 2020. >>can have as many as 13 and in a year. so that's that's pretty pretty rare yeah man in blue moon is is even checked last time we had a a blue moon on halloween. listen and 2001. and before that it was 1944 it's pretty rare to have a blue moon on halloween. >>meanwhile the chabot space and science center is hosting a once in a blue moon. halloween virtual telescope viewing it kicks off at 9 o'clock tonight see how whole little more than. 40 minutes or so to get ready for that it's on their facebook page and if you want to take part. we have a link on our website at kron 4 dot com. meanwhile before you hit the bed tonight you may want to set your cl

to get a human on the moon first. ets were in that race in a very serious way, and we had tragic failures like a fire on a launchpad that killed three i astronauts. the schedule was pushing the united states to take on the maximum amount of risk. today, we have geopolitical competition with the chinese who are most capable. the russians are still involved with a partnership with the chinese. it is not a schedule driven race like we think of in the 1960's space race. instead, it is important to invest for the long term so that the u.s. has the technological advantage that it maintains over competitors like china. the chinese in 10 years, they want to have their people on the moon. we did that over 50 years ago, but we cannot allow the situation to develop where the chinese are the only ones who can reach the moon's surface. you are no longer the technological leader of this planet if you cannot work with your people on another planet. emily: now, you have gone to space four times yourself. you have done multiple spacewa

the spacecraft was launched in 1989 was called galileo, reached jupiter and its moons, observe other s well along the way, two asteroids along along the way and so on. after not david scott was on the moon -- astronaut -- did a the famous experiment where he dropped the hammer and a feather on the moon to show that they fall at the same rate, which is something again that galileo was the first to discover and write about. we see how, you know, his name even and, of course, the work he did come ingenuity today and a lot of creativity. i mean, david scott started the experiment by saying that the reason we are here today is because of some gentleman named galileo. one of the thing in which galileo showed ingenuity, in any case, very, very creative thinking, was in the fact that he declared that the universe was written in the language of mathematics. today we take that for granted because, you know, all the laws of physics, for example, are written in mathematical equations. but in his time there really were no laws of physics. in fact, he wrote the very first few of those. and yet he h

embarking on the 1st hunt for moon rocks in 40 years. and no passengers in a pandemic airlines around the world and london's iconic black cabs struggle to survive could stay at home. hello, the weather. the hearts and sunny across much of australia. now we have got a little bit of cloud draped across more than eastern parts with some low the showers. but for the most part, the high pressure ridge charge of keeping it settled and sunny 33 celsius there in adelaide. getting up to 38 analysis, 100, in fact, on hot further west getting up to 28 in perth estates largely fine and dry that we got a few showers just around the top and through the gulf of carpentaria, up into the cape york peninsula could see some heavy rain here for a time possibility of wanted to show us up toward see the sunshine coast of was lost, the dry white catches a shower, would see just around camera. for example, let's say whether that's going to make its way across new zealand looking rather wet and windy for a time here. as we go through the next day or so, but at le

china launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon. aiming to bring back rocks from the lunar surface must not have, although he continues on tuesday, captain has been left out of the cattle, get ready to face at camp we start this news. i have us where president elect joe biden. after weeks of delay and uncertainty is formally beginning, his transition to the white house, the head of the general services administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this month's presidential election that clears the way for the transition to get underway. donald trump has refused to concede defeat, or the rawest his administration to start the process, but he's promised to keep up the legal fight, insisting without evidence that the election was quote, corrupt biden's team has welcomed the move, which frees up millions of dollars for his new administration, it can now work with federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a national security strategy. now, serious particle, hay and reports from washington. this is the letter

the phenomenon happens whenever there are two full moons in the same month, hence the saying once in a blue moon. this was the first blue moon of halloween since 1944. >>> and here is a look from over the bay bridge, how beautiful is that? in case you're wondering the term blue moon has nothing to do with color. the moon can sometimes appear blue because of dust or smoke particles in the earth's atmosphere. >>> and plenty of people got their own photos and video of this, i hope you can see, here you can see people gathering there in the city in alamo square to film the moon's rising, in the distance, you can see the top of city hall lit up orange for halloween and there is the moon right there above it. so beautiful, frances, did you stay up past your bedtime to get a glimpse? >> i did, liz. i stayed up way past my bedtime even though we got the extra hour of sleep. today the man rises at 6:10 and sun sets at 5:10 so you'll be able to see almost a full moon at 9.2%. let's take to you live doppler 7. mostly clear skies with a shallow marine layer. there is some fog though in half moon

the first four. that spacecraft was launched in 1989 was called galileo. it reached jupiter and its moonsobserved other things as well along the way, two asteroids along the way and so on. asked or not david scott was from the moon. dropped a hammer and a feather to the moon to show they follow the same rate, which is something again galileo was the first to discover and write about. see how his name even and ingenuity today. start the experiment by the reason we are here today is because of some gentleman named galileo. one other thing in which galileo showed ingenuity, and any case very, very creative thinking was in the facet that he declared that the universe was written in the language of mathematics. today we take that for granted. because all of the laws of physics for example are written mathematical equations. at his time there were no laws of physics. in fact he wrote the very first few of those. and yet he had this incredible intuition that somehow about mathematics. in after he picked up on that is written in that theory of gravitation and in writing his laws of mechanics pick

he studied the groin and use that knowledge in his drawings of the moon as he saw it through his telescope. he did lecture when he was 54 years old about rental so he knew the great italian poets. he didn't like so much picasso but he wrote about that and he even wrote an essay comparing sculpture and painting and some pictures were his personal friends. so he really was very very well-versed in areas other than science so of course in science he brought about breakthroughs in astronomy. galileo was no doubt a fighter for intellectual freedom and he wrote about that and this was very close to hisheart . when we talk about ingenuity and passivity you can't help those unless you have intellectual freedom. in terms of himself being genuine he was fantastic that . he wanted to say freefall so he would drop objects and see them fall but there were no good time measurements at that time because there were no good clocks so he had to find a way to somehow dilute gravity so that the times would be a bit longer and he had this clever idea of instead of dropping balls like this, to actually make the

interest in missions to the moon have been surging. e united states is trying to build an outpost that will orbit the moon, descbing t project as the firtepn theext eraf hum exoratio japans ang t countries tang part. >>> the world meteorological organization says greenhouse gas levels, including carbon dioxide, hit record highs in 2019. the w.m.o. reported last year's data on three major gases observed in major countries. the global average of the concentration of carbon dioxide reached 410 parts per million, the highest since recordkeeping began in 1984. concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide also hit record highs. officials say the increase in greenhouse gases has led to extreme weather, including heavy rains and violent storms. to combat climate change, nearly 190 u.n. members have ratified the 2015 paris agreement to limit the global temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees celsi celsius. >> 1.5 degre target, we should become carbon neutral by 2050. as i id, good news is that we have now growing amount of countrie and groups of co

flag on the moon in 1969, that didn't make it american appropriating land in space is actually banned under international law. under the outer space treaty of 1967, more than 130 countries have signed the document, it says all countries are free to explore space, but not to appropriated for themselves. outer space basically belongs to us all the treaty bans, weapons of mass destruction from space and says its use shall be the province of all mankind. that seems to rule out commercial ventures up there. but the treaty is not comprehensive and has been overtaken by developments. it was born of the cold war between the us and the soviet union. nowadays, china, india and the european union are all drooling over the economic opportunity space might represent. for now, there are no traffic regulations, there is no obligation to clear up space junk. there's no international space authority with flight control functions for rockets and satellite launches. each country goes its own way. the odd entrepreneur just ignores the outer space treaty . dennis hope of the united states says he found a

getting acumen on the moon first. ragic failures like the fire on the launch pads that killed three astronauts. that is how serious the competition was. theschedule was forcing united states to take on the maximum round of risk. the chinese are most capable, the russians are still involved, perhaps in a partnership with the chinese. but it is not a schedule driven race like we think of the 1960's space race. instead, it is important to invest for the long term so the u.s. has the technological advantage that it maintains over competitors like china. the chinese want to have their people on the moon in 10 years. we did that over 50 years ago but we can't allow the situation to develop where the chinese are the only ones that can reach the moon. we are no longer the technological leader of this planet if we can't work with other people and other planets. you have got to space for times yourself, you have done us up a spacewalk. you helped install a critical part of the international space station. i know that you persona

it could pave the way for chinese astronauts to be sent to the moon little the next 20 years. when you consider very far and simply where a man will lead, being based on scientific needs and take legal and economic conditions. future lunar exploration activities should be carried out in the combination of man and the machine named after an ancient chinese goddess chang. a 5 is the 1st mission of its kind to take place since the 1970 s. . the chinese government space exploration is now our priority and source of national pride, china 1st into man to space in 2003, the 3rd country after the united states russia. it since invested billions into various strategic missions. in general, 21000, china became the 1st country to lead a rover on the far side of the moon. in july, they chant, when one set calls from mars and is expected to land in may next year, and by 2022, china hopes to have its 1st space station in orbit, ready to host chinese and international astronauts for long term scientific research. the china's abilities haven't always matched its ambitions. its long march rock

it's visiting a lava—field area in the north western region of the moon. modules in orbit around the earth. china hopes soon to have its own permanent space station this decade. the ambition, however, is to venture further afield, and the chang'e—5 sample return mission employs basically the same technical concepts you'd use to put chinese astronauts on the moon, and then bring them home safely. jonathan amos, bbc news. some dogs are good boys — but this dog is a very good boy. his name is kuno — the hero military dog — who later will be getting the animal equivalent of the victoria cross. it's for saving soldiers' lives in afghanistan. quite the achievement for a four—year—old. tim muffett has more on this incredible dog. kuno was supporting uk forces in afghanistan last year as they targeted al-qaeda extremists. pinned down under heavy attack, kuno was instructed to tackle an enemy gunman. fantastic dog as he was, he absolutely took that moment and, despite being hit by a couple of gunshot wounds, he managed to achieve what he set out to do, and he broke

space program and the two iconic moments would be neil armstrong walking on the moon in ten years beforeedy giving the challenge, take a listen. >> we choose to go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are willing to postpone and one we intend to win and the others to. leland: going to the space station of putting people there seems to become something we've understood, what is the next hard thing? >> nasa is contracting these companies so we can do what we do best which is exploration mentioned by president kennedy, we want to take the next step, go back to the moon sustainably, were springboard enough the technologies and industries that is making the brand under brand-new spacecrafts to put into the program for the orion spacecraft to take it back to the moon. that will set the stage for the next generation to go to mars. we are always searching, reac

this is the first blue moon on halloween since 1944. plenty of people got their own photos and video. you can see people here in alamo square. in the distance, you can see the top of city hall right there, lit up orange for halloween. and, of course, all eyes were on the forecast. and nothing too much to write home about, drew. a nice evening out. >> yeah. really was a treat on this halloween, dion. we had clear skies, early on, temperatures were comfortable in the 60s and 70s. but the flip side. at night, those clear skies and night winds really cool off pretty rapidly. so we a live look at the san francisco sky line. not a cloud to be seen. and temperatures are falling as we speak. already down to 45 in the half moon bay. so it is chilly. but 57 in oakland and san francisco. 58 in san jose. we are down to 52 in santa rosa. so, overnight, tonight, there will be very limited fog right up along the immediate coastline. but that's about it. for a majority of the bay area, we are going to deal with the clear skies throughout the entire nigh

moon. this was the first blue moon of halloween since 1944. and here is a look from over the bay bridge, how beautiful is that? in case you're wondering the term blue moon has nothing to do with color. the moon can sometimes appear blue because of dust or smoke particles in the earth's atmosphere. >>> and plenty of people got their own photos and video of this last night. here you can see people gathering there in the city in alamo square to film the moon's rising, in the distance, you can see the top of city hall lit up orange for halloween. so beautiful, frances, did you stay up to get to see it? >> i stayed up and saw a little bit of it. you can see it a little bit right now as you saw in some of our live shots. the moon sets at 7:29 this morning. so we've got a little bit more time left. we have a gorgeous day ahead of us and i want to start off with live doppler 7 and the satellite radar image. we have little cloud cover, just a very thin marine layer off the coast right now, and some thin clouds over the bay, but the fog is thick in half