designed to carry humans to dock at the international space station the u.s. government ended its famous space shuttle program in two thousand and eleven and the galaxy sets up our discussion with this report. three q right here it said. when space x. is unmanned dragon capsule launched from cape canaveral on saturday it was a high stakes mission twenty seven hours later the capsule with only a test dummy on board slowly approach international space station when it excessively docked nasser in space x. declared a new era in commercial space travel after. the program. or emotionally exhausted. because. for. but it worked. it's been eight years since american astronauts last launched into space from u.s. soil but space six hopes to change that the dragon capsule were in maine in place until friday got it and docks and aims for a splash down in the atlantic another vital test for the program the next mission from space x. will be a test of the capsules high altitude of book capabilities and safety system designed to get astronauts out of the way if there's a prob

to carry humans to dock at the international space station the u.s. government ended its famous space shuttle program in two thousand and eleven and the galaxy discussion with this report. three q right here it said. when space x. is unmanned dragon capsule launched from cape canaveral on saturday it was a high stakes mission twenty seven hours later the capsule with only a test dummy on board slowly approach international space station when it excessively docked nasser in space x. declared a new era in commercial space travel after. the program. or emotionally exhausted. because. for. but it worked. it's been eight years since american astronauts last launched into space from u.s. soil but space six hopes to change that the dragon capsule were in maine in place until friday got it and docks and aims for a splash down in the atlantic another vital test for the program the next mission from space x. will be a test of the capsules high altitude of book capabilities and safety system designed to get astronauts out of the way if there's a problem during l

space station. three, two, one! and david beckham has been honored with a statue outside his former football club, la galaxy. and coming up in half an hour — with four weeks to go until march 29th, dateline london looks at the potential for a delay. good morning. the husband of shamima begum — the teenager from east london who travelled to syria to join the so—called islamic state group — has told the bbc he wants to take her and their newborn son to live in his native netherlands. yago riedijk fought for is, and is currently in kurdish custody in north eastern syria. he's been speaking exclusively to our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. we will bring in that interview in a few minutes. let's go back to space, because the rocket has successfully attached itself to the international space station. this is a successful docking, a hard capture, as they call it. right now, the crew is going to start... the dragon vehicle, as it is called... it launched yesterday morning, it is the

space station. and it's limiting. we only have tt one option, so if the soyuz were to go o of commission we wouldn't have a way to get our astronauts into space. buwith the the cmercial crew program, it's about being the human space flight program back to america. these capsules are built by u.s. companies, and when they launch people, it will be the first time since the space shuttle program that nasa astronauts have launched frommerican soil on american-made vehicles once again. >> sreenivasan: when we saw this rocket lift off, it was kind of awb throk. i mean, these capsules look like the capsules that we saw inhe early parts of the space program. they were kind of designed to do one thing versus a space shuttle, which was designed to do lots of things. >> when it comes to how to build a capesule, re's really a good design for how to launch into space and then how to bring it back again. so, you know, theig capsule des is kind of dictated by, you know, the best way to get to and om the internatio

looking at the international space station. it's a little ha rd to international space station. it's a little hard to make out here but you can see the nose cone hinged open. the nose, in an effort to make the spacecraft as usable as possible the nose cone is hinged and opens up. you can see it like a dome hanging off the top of dragon. in its open position. after being attached to the station, it will close that the nose cone on its way back down to earth. we just passed 170 metres away. a little under ten metres to go and that the crew is going to be sending ina go and that the crew is going to be sending in a command once more to dragon, they're going to command it to hold so it will camp out there at 180 metres and then right now in the meantime, the team in houston are getting ready to do a no go for the actual approach into waypoint number two which will bring dragon even closer. copy. the hold command. the vehicle mode is hold. copy, hold. you just hide it. dragon is currently holding out at the command hold point at 180

to carry humans to dock at the international space station the u.s. government ended its famous space shuttle program in two thousand and eleven and the galaxy discussion with this report. three q. right here it said. when space x. is unmanned dragon capsule launched from cape canaveral on saturday it was a high stakes mission twenty seven hours later the capsule with only a test dummy on board slowly approaching international space station when it excessively docked nasser in space x. declared a new era in commercial space travel after. the program. or emotionally exhausted. because. for. but it worked. it's been eight years since american astronauts last launched into space from u.s. soil but space six hopes to change that the dragon capsule remain in place until friday get in and docks and aims for a splash down in the atlantic and other vital tests for the program the next mission from space x. will be a test of the capsules high altitude a book capabilities safety system designed to get astronauts out of the way if there's a problem during launch

mission from the first private space mission from the international space station, and the international space station, and the first time a space vessel capable of carrying people was launched by the united states for eight years, and also dragon really marks a return to the format of a us capsule coming back to earth. the first us capsule since the programme in the 60s and 70s, the apollo programme, capsules with no wings just falling to earth with the descent just slowed by a just falling to earth with the descentjust slowed by a parachute. now this has been such a success, then spacex mission, it is expected it won't be very long before the next flight is undertaken, and that will carry two us astronauts on a return trip to the international space station, because on dragon this time round the only crew member was a dummy named ripley. this was very much a test mission. and fascinating, really. elon musk, the founder and head of spacex, said he was particularly worried about this touchdown, this re—entry. he said, will the parachutes deployed correctly? would it all go according to

the soyuz spacecraft with a fresh crew on board is on its way to the international space station off the six hours of space flight the docking procedure is expected to be completed shortly we're showing you live pictures now on our screen plenty more to come. the phase it breaks it becomes more cloudy as british lawmakers vote for three months delay so it's back to brussels for to resume a to seek the e.u. commission. off the last few days of the job and also in some defeats all of us now have the opportunity and the responsibility to work together to find a solution. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me making airing our top story this hour the israel defense forces have launched strikes on targets in the gaza strip following a rocket attack on television earlier two rockets launched from gaza triggered addison's systems in israel. artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest israeli army is striking a number of targets inside gaza there are explosions and are being heard in the south of the strip in honolulu nurse earlier her mass w

an unmanned mission to the international space station. if it goes without a hitch astronauts will begin travelling on—board a spacecraft later this year. libby jacksonjoins us spacecraft later this year. libby jackson joins us now. spacecraft later this year. libby jacksonjoins us now. in about spacecraft later this year. libby jackson joins us now. in about 20 seconds, why is this so important? it is the first time since 2011 that the us are getting astronauts into space on their own. we have only had the russian soyuz vehicle to get to and from the space station. it is important to see this go well. what are the concerns right now as we are watching? everyone will be working through the last of derby countdown. they will be checking the telemetry, making sure it is as it had been —— la st making sure it is as it had been —— last steps of the counter. we should see the rocket engine light and it should go off the pad and into space. 0k, should go off the pad and into space. ok, 21, 20, 19 seconds. hopefully we will hear it as w

ok we just moments away from the latest launch of a mission to the international space station r.t. correspondent. standing by the baikonur cosmodrome waiting for the votes for. any second now maria over to you how preparations going. hello to you i have to say that we are right now minutes away from the launch everybody feels very excited you can imagine here in by car which is by the way the oldest largest and busiest spaceport in the world and today this is the only gateway for us humans to enter the international space station up there some four hundred kilometers from earth very very far i can say in just a few minutes we expect russia see use spacecraft i hope you can see the rocket behind me i know it's midnight local time here it's dark in here but i hope you still can see it behind me it's right there the rocket between the two red lights so you see you spacecraft is expected to carry three members of the fifty ninth expedition to orbit who are they russia's aleksei of cheney and the crew commander a very experienced cosmonaut and two nasa astronauts are also going to share

a prime example is the international space station. it has been successful, and other countries are developing their own space stations. so we see the administration proposing ending funding for the space station by 2025, so maybe the witnesses can speak to that today. standing up commercial space capabilities takes a long time. and after years of longer initial planning by the commercial crew program, we need to continue these efforts. we cannot have a gap in what is the space capabilities as other nations have looking the same area. the administration's proposed budget cuts are concerning on a number of fronts. for starters, cutting funding to the enhanced upper stage, the component of space launch systems that will enable long-term goals of the program is problematic. also, the administration is proposing to cancel the earth science mission and zero out the funding of the office of s.t.e.m. engagement. nasa is uniquely positioned to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers and cancelling relatively low-dollar educatio

roaring into the skies a new crew is heading to the international space station after blasting off from the baikonur cosmodrome in the last hour. the u.s. state department changes its description of the disputed golan heights from israeli occupied to israeli controls experts calling it a move to the israeli prime minister's ratings of elections next month. thanks for joining us eleven pm here in the russian capital this is our international. we will start this hour with the latest for you from london where british m.p.'s have voted to delay the u.k.'s departure from the european union it means that the british prime minister will have to return to brussels and renegotiate the current march twenty ninth deadline date i spoke to our correspondent to see churkin and peter oliver to get reaction from both sides of the channel first to london said that peace in the house of commons could really agree on much they have agreed on something finally but not really much tangible it's just a delay as i understand it tell us more. well if indeed neal you're absolutely correct with your interpretati

space—x with the international space station. let's listen closely. capture confirmed. cheering applause you can hear the cheering behind us at space—x headquarters in california, confirmation of a soft capture of the dragon spacecraft at the international space station. you can see the dragon still moving around a bit, the soft capturing by way of six arms, all on springs, helping. this is unbelievable news for everyone here at space—x and at nasa. at 5:51am on the east coast, we are flying just about 250 miles over planet earth just we are flying just about 250 miles over planet earthjust north of new zealand. we are not quite there yet. we have achieved soft capture, the next step is hard capture. hard capture is achieved via 12 latching hooks all around the inside of the dragon hatch. it will actuate and grab onto the hooks on the other side, and hold the dragon tight against the iss. side, and hold the dragon tight against the 155. this process is expected to take 15 minutes. that soft ca ptu re expected to take 15 minut

capsule successfully docks with the international space station for the first time . i want to tell you who swept the podium at a season ending aerial ski event in china. the world's pollinators are in decline. in this episode of tries we meet an entomologist on opposite sides of the planet protecting insects of all sizes crucial to preserving food chains. i've come to the u.k. to see how all the industrial sites are being turned into bug reserves in an attempt to reverse this worrying trend. fighting insect to get on on al-jazeera. and unreported world on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. the space x. capsule is successfully docked at the international space station for t

a prime example is the international space station. it has been successfulful and other countries are developing their own space stations. so we see the administration proposing ending funding for the space station by 2025, so maybe the witnesses can speak to that today. standing up commercial space capabilities takes a long time. after years of longer initial planning by the commercial crew program, we need to continue these efforts. we cannot have a gap in what is the space capabilities as other nations are looking the same area. the administration's proposed budget cuts are concerning on a number of fronts. for starters, cutting funding to the enhanced upper stage, the component of space launch systems that will enable long-term goals of the program is problematic. also, the administration is proposing to cancel the earth science mission and zero out the funding of the office of s.t.e.m. engagement. nasa is uniquely positioned to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineer enginee answer chancing relatively low-dollar edu

a story a spacecraft with a fresh crew onboard to successfully dogs for the international space station the journey from earth took a total of six months from start to finish. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me. and we start with news just in new zealand police are responding to a critical incident at a mosque in the city of christ church local media reports there's been a shooting inside of the building according to witness accounts there are several injured. we'll bring you more on this as information continues to come in. moving on the israel defense forces have launched strikes on targets in the gaza strip following a rocket attack on tell of eve earlier two rockets launched from gaza triggered air defense systems in israel artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest. the israeli army is striking a number of targets inside gaza there are explosions and are being heard in the south of the strip in honolulu nurse earlier the mass which controls the gaza strip declared a state of emergency and back you waited its people from both installed

roaring into the skies a new crew heads to the international space station of the blasting off from baikonur cosmodrome just a matter of hours ago. u.s. state department changes its description of the disputed golan heights from israeli occupied through israeli controlled with experts calling it a move to boost the israeli prime minister's ratings ahead of elections next month . and the cia's ban a mysterious attack on the north korean embassy in spain according to spanish media . it is one am here in the russian capital great to have you with us this is r.t. international. let's start if we may with the latest from london my british m.p.'s have voted to delay the u.k.'s departure from the european union it means that britain's prime minister will have to return to brussels and try to renegotiate the current march twenty ninth deadline i spoke to see a churkin and peter all over to get reaction from both sides of the channel. to. the payson as it comes could really agree with much they have agreed on something finally but not really much tangible it's just a delay as i understand it. well. y

space station. three, two, one! and david beckham has been honored with a statue outside his former football club, la galaxy. and coming up in half an hour — the click team report from the mobile world congress in barcelona. —— next on bbc news will be dateline london at 12:30pm. this is bbc news, i am ben brown. the husband of shamima begum — the teenager from east london who travelled to syria to join the so—called islamic state — has told the bbc he wants to take her and their newborn son to live in his native netherlands. he's been speaking exclusively to our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. shamima begum's husband paints a far darker picture of life with the islamic state group than she did. remember, she said it was a normal life. well he describes attending the stoning of a woman who was being punished for what he called fornication. he talks about piles of bodies in the city, he says that there are daughters starved to death as a result of malnutrition, because they

roaring into the skies a new crew heads to the international space station after blasting off from the baikonur cosmodrome hours ago. the u.s. state department changes its description of the disputed golan heights from israeli occupied to israeli controlled with experts calling it a move to boost the israeli p.m.'s ratings ahead of elections next month. and the cia is behind a mysterious attack on the north korean embassy in spain that's according to local media. are you with us this hour this is our team to nationalise midnight here in moscow. and we will start with the latest from london where british and piece of voted to delay the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. it means that the british prime minister will have to return to brussels and renegotiate the current march twenty ninth deadline date i spoke to artie's on the situation and peter all over to get reaction from both sides of the channel. let's go first to london said that. payson as it comes could really agree with much they have agreed on something finally but not really much tangible it's just a delay as i understand it. we

the international space station. that is due to happen sunday. we will be looking to see how that goes. so far it has been a great success. briefly, if this continues to be successful, beyond docking with the international space station, what does it mean for the exploration of deep space, perhaps? that is the area i am particularly interested in. iam hoping that is the area i am particularly interested in. i am hoping that any time there is a commercial player, there is more breaking into the market, david meacock down, i hope it starts decreasing the costs of every launch we see and does we can launch more satellites for the same amount of dollars. so we will be getting more science for our part. that is maybe we will keep an eye on it as it attempts to dock with the iss. thank you so much your time. thank you very much. firefighters in australian's south—east are battling out—of—control bushfires which have forced the evacuation of residence. this week the country's bureau of meteorology said it had experienced its hottest summer on reco

we do a lot of 3-d printing on the international space station today. we do what people refer to as mass launch. you take very little material and manufacture it using the resources wherever you go. john: my crass commercial the material used to go into space founded by an ohio state grad. i would like to get through all of the five questions. next question? studenta third-year studying foreign affairs. i have a public policy based question. we spent a week in beijing, china working with the beijing institute of technology, talking about collaboration between the two nations. however, due to the willful formalnt -- collaboration is not legal between the u.s. and china. how do you think that serves as a barrier between potential demilitarization in space moving forward, but also do you think there is any chance to repeal that? charles: i preach patience. when the amendment was put in the appropriations bill, it forbade any bilateral l corporation between nasa and china. we kept going back to congressman wolf and got little pieces of relaxation. today we

again here is the moment you can see them fifty nine six petition to the international space station starts oh my goodness look at this line. it's. the. russian space it's just from here to the rocket in this chain to national border russia aleksey of chanaan and two nasa astronauts nikkei and christina colgan here people who have gathered here from all around the globe to witness the launch of loading because that was spectacular. it's a little bit clouded right now here is so but i can still see the rocket in this cause in just eight and a half minutes it is expected to reach the orbit and that is going to take another six iran six and a half hours to dog with the international space station alexander in a neat hagen mondo's and word as you remember their previous mission in october didn't go well it was aborted made flight due to technical problems and just minutes off to the left all for sneak and aleksei had to return to earth in an emergency capsule maybe you remember these dramatic pictures from the inside of this emergency capsule showing nique shaking a really dramatic sad p

another recruiting on the international space station thursday night russian spacecraft will take three members of the fifty ninth expedition to orbit doubling the station's population. for two of them russian aleksey and america's nick hague this will be their second take they faced it with much dignity then and are full of confidence today because. there were no such incidents the thirty five years ago to your first flight i think even though we didn't make it to the i.r.s. this it was good training for the crews we have here and for us as well i'm going to. come one hundred percent of. the nature of our profession. ninety to ninety five percent of our practicing what to do when things go wrong in my own. this is where they were a good thing kept down some five hundred fifty one of those from the long spread by going to live this way to deal with things they've lost on the way to blame the league say of cheating and take the lead ended on harm. given that they have one with a think to feel warm if there isn't a team police took the stand many times more than the force of gravity while

drawing into this guys a new crew are heading to the international space station after blasting off from the baikonur cosmodrome just hours ago. and the cia is behind a mysterious attack on the north korean embassy in spain according seem to local media. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with meaning. now the israel defense forces are striking targets in the gaza strip following a rocket attack on television earlier two rockets launched from gaza triggered defense systems in israel the palestinian group hamas which governs gaza has denied any involvement and is vowing to take action against the perpetrators let's cross live to our middle east correspondent paula slater for more now paula can you give us any updates on the situation. well as you correctly say the israeli army is striking a number of targets inside gaza there are explosions and are being heard in the south of the strip in honolulu notice earlier hamas which controls the gaza strip declared a state of emergency and evacuated its people from both its buildings and its offices the i.d.f. the israeli defense fo

a new astronaut capsule successfully guides itself into the international space station. more success in glasgow, as laura muir wins gold for britain, at the european indoor championships. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers lynn faulds wood and owen bennett. stay with us for that. good evening. the husband of a teenager who's been stripped of her british citizenship for travelling to syria to support the islamic state group, has told the bbc he wants them both to settle in the netherlands, with their newborn son. yago riedijk, who's a dutch citizen, married shamima begum, days after she arrived in is territory. riedijkis facing a six—year jail sentence if he returns home. riedijk is facing a six—yearjail sentence if he returns home. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, is in north east syria. shamima begum was only 15 years old when she left the uk. she came here to syria in search of the perfect islamic family life. the islamic state raised a marriage for her very quickly, the islamic state arranged a marri

these will be providing a regular service to the international space station. a cruel go there every few months were two orfour or six months. —— a cruel go there. see people buying tickets, commercial companies will look for delegate to other people. in spite of this move in exploration to offer commercial services and we will see that in the uk perhaps one day, we have legislation in place to bring spaceport here and that may include tourism flights one day. everyone is in obviously quite a celebratory and excited mood but there is a risk attached to this kind of travel? spaceis attached to this kind of travel? space is always risky, you put humans on top of what could be a giant explosion if it goes the wrong way. everybody works to make sure it isa way. everybody works to make sure it is a safe as possible, safe and reliable. the astronauts are aware of the risks at all time. everybody is working to keep them safer com plete is working to keep them safer complete the missions. thanks for joining us. —— keep them safe and com plete joining us. ——

you see dragon physically separating from the international space station. the dragon spacecraft is beginning to descendent. it is now subsonic. nearly six hours later and we see it enter the earth's atmosphere. it's heat sealed using untested technology. it seems to have worked. it goes exactly to plan. the splashdown was beautiful. the engineers and technicians and everybody on the ground will be checking over all the numbers and data and making sure everything is good for a future mission later this year hopefully. nasa is hoping for a return to his golden era. when 50 years ago, it was able to send astronauts to the moon. for eight long years, the agency's human space flight missions have been grounded. if dragon's mission has gone as good as it seems, those glory days could soon be back. pallab ghosh, bbc news. let's speak to astronomer dr megan argo. thank you forjoining us this evening. this flight seem to go like clockwork. what do you think is the significance of this. it said to be a textbook example of how to do a space flight. it is really exciti

moring into the skies a new crew are heading to the international space station after blowing off from the baikonur cosmodrome just hours ago. and the cia is behind the mysterious attack on the north korean embassy in spain holding two local radio. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me and carol great to have you with us now we start with the latest from london where british m.p.'s have voted to delay the u.k.'s departure from the you. or p n u d and this means that the british prime minister will have to return to brussels and renegotiate the current march twenty ninth deadline my colleague neil harvey spoke to marty's unassisted churkin and peter all of us to get the reaction from both sides of the child. to. the payson house of commons could really agree with much they have agreed on something finally but not really much tangible it's just a delay as i understand it. well. you're absolutely correct with your interpretation of these events i mean they have said no to a bunch of different things throughout this very very hectic week in westminster and t

the international space station truly is international. you have seen even as the us has imposed sanctions on russia, it is protected. the us on russia, it is protected. the us on russia couldn't keep the international space station flying without cooperation, it is to intertwine. we have been excited about this. let's work to the next year or few years not what other big events to get excited about? this is a huge year for exploration. the decisions uk and europe take will shape it for decades. it is an exciting time. there is recalling the lunar orbital platform gateway, a small station merely moon, nasa while working with canada, we hope you willjoin the efforts by the end of the year. this will spend crew out to be mean for the first time since the 70s. from there we will see astronauts go back to the moon where we will learn to sort of live and work remotely. it is all about going on to mars. we will also see europe hopefully decide to take part ina mars europe hopefully decide to take part in a mars sample return mission, bringing pi

you see dragon physically separating from the international space station, 132. the dragon capsule separates from the international space station and heads back to earth. just a few hours earlier the crew of the international space station they were trying out the capsule they might be flying on their next mission. in the middle is the zero g indicator that was flown up on the crewed dragon. they exit, leaving the only occupants on this test mission, a space suited dummy called ripley. then, they close the hatch, and send dragon on its way. so you can see on your screen visual confirmation, what a gorgeous shot. it has a heat shield to protect it from the high temperatures. retro rockets and four parachutes will have to slow dragon down before it splashes down in the atlantic ocean. it has been eight long years that the country that won the space race has been grounded — the shuttle was withdrawn from service because it was unsafe. but in 2014, nasa awarded spacex and boeing a combined £5 billion contract so each could build their own spacecraft. if they work

it isa the international space station. it is a unique scientific laboratory. to only have the russian way of getting there when there is a problem, as there were no was before christmas, it can be injeopardy. it is great to have the space capsule coming down the line, there is another one coming from boeing. it is also the start of commercial transport to and from there, which in time will perhaps allow other countries to put astronauts into space, perhaps private paying individuals, and these companies will play a part as the world moves to explore further. the uk wants to bea to explore further. the uk wants to be a part as we send humans back to the moon and to mars, we will be pa rt the moon and to mars, we will be part of that. will this be a less expensive alternative to what we have had so far? marketplace competition is good, spacex and boeing are looking at making spacecraft reusable, spacex is driving rocket prices down. that is good because we all rely on spacecraft everywhere for the weather, gps, finances etc. if we can make it cheaper and more su

it began an unmanned test—flight to the international space station, a flight the us sees as a major step towards once again being able to send astronauts into space. the rocket is carrying the dragon capsule, which could in future be used to transport passengers. this time it was home to a humanoid dummy called ripley. here's our science correspondent pallab ghosh. three, two, one, zero, ignition, lift off. up and away, the spacex mighty falcon rocket. and on top, the dragon space capsule, designed to take four astronauts into space, but not just yet. instead, just a solitary crash test dummy wired with sensors is in one of these seats. this uncrewed test is part of an ambitious nasa project to send astronauts into space from us soil once more. what today really represents is a new era in space flight, an era where we are looking forward to being one customer as an agency and as a country. it's been eight long years since the country that won the space race has been grounded. the shuttle was withdrawn from service because it was unsafe and nasa had to pay the russian space agency to

all the cargo going to the international space station with it. several weeks later we launched a spacex cargo craft and it got off the peer and started on its way to orbit and went out of control. we lost that. we are down two. and another few weeks and our old reliable cargo partners, the russian progress, went out of control and we lost that. there was a period of time that all the standard of ways we were getting stuff to space were gone. we were safe because the japanese still had a way to carry cargo. the largest cargo carrier in inventory. and the europeans still had atv. we still had two vehicles that could get us cargo to the international space station and titus over until we can figure out what went wrong. i will also mention, is no longer russia and the u.s. in japan, but it's nations like india, this current year india, there launch system deployed 100 satellites on one launch. so what technology is allowing us to do, in the age of what we call microsatellites, are able to hitch a ride along with the regular normal payload and then ge

the space x dragon capsule has successfully docked with the international space station. nasa is hoping that it could be used to take people into space from us soil for the first time since the shuttle was decommissioned, eight years ago. karen allen has more. two metres away... 248 miles above earth, and this was the moment the spacex dragon capsule successfully docked onto the international space station. capture confirmed. applause and cheering. the applause signalled a sense of relief. ignition, lift—off. it was just over 2a hours earlier, here in florida, that a clear night sky offered a spectacular view of the falcon—9 rocket blasting the capsule into space, ahead of a scheduled manned flight later this year. for now, though, the mannequin on the left — nicknamed ‘ripley,’ inspired by the film alien — was the only passenger on board. here, the first pictures of the scientists from the international space station entering the capsule. there he is, david inside... the spacex dragon is expected to re—enter the earth's atmosphere on friday, bringing the po

the camera is attached to the international space station. we are going to stay on the images because we are listing into the commentary. what are we expecting to see? it is in around 60 seconds. we will see the group capshaw. no crew in it. —— crew. seconds. we will see the group capshaw. no crew in it. -- crew. we can listen in to what nasa is saying as we look at this. what is difficult about this? not to denigrate it but it is just an hooking... it is happening now. this isa hooking... it is happening now. this is a test missions are it is the first time we have seen anything happens at every step is a first step. let's listen in to the commentary. applause . cheering applause .cheering and applause . cheering and applause. libby, pick up . cheering and applause. libby, pick up on what we are saying. the applause is from mission control. that image now, it isjust applause is from mission control. that image now, it is just drifting away from the international space station. how fast is it travelling? just a few metres per second. you

the international space station also orbits and. medium earth orbit or m e o accommodates satellites at distances of two thousand to thirty five thousand kilometers from mars this region of space is frequented by navigation satellites. the next level at just under thirty six thousand kilometers is for satellites in geostationary orbit seven lights here follow the direction of the earth's rotation they're typically used for telecommunications including global television broadcasts each geostationary satellite is assigned to a box around one hundred kilometers wide the distance to the next box is around five hundred kilometers. geostationary satellites have a habit of drifting out of orbit due to factors such as the earth's uneven gravity distribution. once a geostationary satellite reaches the end of its mission or has become redundant it can end up in a graveyard orbit this is located two to three hundred kilometers above its operational altitude. nonetheless the space junk that has accumulated over the decades remains a problem if

space station. nasa is hoping that it could be used to take people into space from us soil for the first time since the shuttle was decommissioned, eight years ago. karen allen has more. two metres away... 248 miles above earth, and this was the moment the spacex dragon capsule successfully docked onto the international space station. capture confirmed. applause and cheering. the applause signalled a sense of relief. ignition, lift—off. it was just over 2a hours earlier, here in florida, that a clear night sky offered a spectacular view of the falcon—9 rocket blasting the capsule into space, ahead of a scheduled manned flight later this year. for now, though, the mannequin on the left — nicknamed ‘ripley,’ inspired by the film alien — was the only passenger on board. here, the first pictures of the scientists from the international space station entering the capsule. there he is, david inside... the spacex dragon is expected to re—enter the earth's atmosphere on friday, bringing the po

you see dragon physically separating from the international space station. a space suited dummy called ripley is on board. is now sub sonics are already starting to slow down. it's heat sealed using untested technology. it seems to have worked. it goes exactly to plan. the splashdown was beautiful. the engineers and technicians and everybody on the ground will be checking over all the numbers and data and making sure everything is good for a future mission later this year hopefully. nasais nasa is hoping for a return to their golden era. when 50 years ago, it was able to send astronauts to the moon. for eight long years, the agency human space flight missions have been grounded. if dragon possibly christian has gone as good as it seems, those glory days could soon be back. john watson has all the sport. guess who's back, also perhaps sooner guess who's back, also perhaps sooner than expected. claudio has into the call returned to his boyhood club as roma attempts to revive their season. the experienced manager here in rome arriving back and lots of photograp

crew dragon capsule completed its six day mission to the international space station . it marked another milestone for billionaire iran musk's private space company. this mission was to demonstrate that space x. is capable of carrying astronauts to the i.s.a.'s. mission accomplished. ripley the capsules captain would have survived but she was a mere dummy covered in sensors but with no voice to return greetings to her space station comrades when her capsule docked by remote control on march third. welcome to the crew dragon. congratulations to all of the teams who made yesterday's launch and today's docking a success. these amazing feats. show it's not how easy our mission is that how capable we are of doing our thing. welcome to the new era in space flight . space x. is one of a handful of private companies around the world helping to usher in a new era and extraterrestrial travel one in which entrepreneurs rather than government hold the key to the heavens. coming up next on star show on all things digital we'll be taking a look at how big data can also manipulate tho

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relying on other countries to get humans to the international space station and gallica al-jazeera. talk about chimpanzees now the united states was the last major nation to perform invasive testing on the animals actually infecting them with things like a fiend to kill us stop to than twenty fifteen because of animal cruelty concerns so now instead of living out their days in a lab subjected to such treatment of going into retirement in a new home and john hendren has their story from seattle. for mankind's closest relative. this is the reward for a life of service. they've been infected with hiv tuberculosis and other diseases and tested it medical labs across the united states now julius and two hundred sixty eight other chimpanzees are living a life of leisure at louisiana's chin pavan the world's largest chimp retirement home and. they get treatments for the usual ailments for the elderly. diabetes we see kidney failure we see liver insufficiency arthritis. and they get specialized medical care and the occasional healthy treat. they are living out the chip why they get to make

suffered a setback in twenty fifteen when a rocket bound for the international space station exploded. north korean leader kim jong un has departed vietnam following the breakdown of his summit with u.s. president donald trump kim's journey home on his private armor train is expected to take more than sixty hours it comes amid fresh controversy over the case of auto warm beer an american student who was detained and tortured in north korea warm beer was returned to his family in the u.s. in a vegetative state in two thousand and seventeen and he died days later president donald trump has said he's confident kim did not know about it the two countries and says they'll continue dialogue despite the failed summit. well for more on all this i'm joined in the studio now by behrendt berger he's an asia expert of the german council on foreign relations mr banta thank you so much for being here so once donald trump abruptly departed one or the north korean leader kim jong un stepped into the spotlight we saw him laying wreaths he was meeting with vietnamese officials what kind of image was he

relying on other countries to get humans to the international space station and to gallacher al-jazeera. well the us was the last major nation to form invasive testing on chimpanzees and fetching them with hiv aids tuberculosis and other diseases it stopped in twenty fifteen because of concerns about animal cruelty. of living out their days in the lab the chimps have gone into retirement and the new home john hendren has the story. for mankind's closest relative. this is the reward for a life of service. they've been infected with hiv tuberculosis and other diseases and tested it medical labs across the united states now julius in two hundred sixty eight other chimpanzees are living a life of leisure at louisiana's chin pavan the world's largest chimp retirement home. they get treatments for the usual ailments for the elderly. kidney failure with the liver insufficiency arthritis. and they get specialized medical care and the occasional healthy treat. they are living out the chimp life they get to make choices they can decide if they want to be indoors or if they want to be outdoors. an

the space x dragon capsule has successfully docked with the international space station. nasa is hoping that it could be used to take people into space from us soil for the first time since the shuttle was decommissioned, eight years ago. karen allen has more. mission control: two metres away... 248 miles above earth, and this was the moment the spacex dragon capsule successfully docked onto the international space station. capture confirmed. applause and cheering. the applause signalled a sense of relief. ignition, lift—off. it was just over 2a hours earlier, here in florida, that a clear night sky offered a spectacular view of the falcon—9 rocket blasting the capsule into space, ahead of a scheduled manned flight later this year. for now, though, the mannequin on the left — nicknamed ‘ripley‘, inspired by the film alien — was the only passenger on board. here, the first pictures of the scientists from the international space station entering the capsule. there he is, david inside... the spacex dragon is expected to re—enter the earth's atmosphere on friday

have to say outright space is cool and a new crew has arrived at the international space station after their soyuz craft successfully dot nasa astronauts nicole and christina koch as well as russian cosmonauts. now called the i assess home for the next few months of chanaan and were part of a mission that was forced to abort mid flight back in october last year they were warmly welcomed aboard joining three other crew members on the international space station artie's marie for national witness to watch. so you can see fifty nine thanks petition to the international space station oh my goodness a look at. the rock and in this. order russia is. an odd. get here people who have gathered here from all around the globe to witness the launch uploading because that was picked taqiyya lets you remember their previous mission in october didn't go well it was aborted made flight. due to technical problems and just minutes off to the left all for basin economics a had to return to earth when things go wrong oh yeah. this is where they were you think perhaps he'll pipe down some of the five hundr