unfortunately crashed on the moon but got to the moon. what is interesting and this is something i have to talk to you -- if i can get buzz aldrin who has a chapter -- he advocates the used of a cycle ever, -- the idea of a cycler. you have a space ship that goes to me heaven and then gravity swimmings back to the earth and stops and then gravity swings back to the moon, and going like that and he says that would be a cheaper way of setting up a cycler and then all you have to do is meet it and -- and set up one for mars, too much the mars one is a little more difficult to do but a what is interesting is the israeli one sort of used that concept, because it started off in earth orbit and then kind of went out like this, and out like this, and finally slowed down when it got to the moon and went into lunar orbit. so a lot of innovative stuff that israel did. it's going become an international thing and we'll have competitors. i don't know if the threat of china is big enough push the government but we don't efficiently h necessarily want t

there was no moon rocket strong enough to fly to the moon and no spaceship that could land on the moon. there wasn't even agreement about what kind of shape you could land on the moon. there were no space suits to walk around in. there was no moon car to drive around. there was no space computer small enough, there was no space food. in fact when kennedy said let's go to the moon, they have 15 minutes of total space flight experience and only five of those minutes were in zero gravity. there was even a debate among scientists inside nasa about whether human beings would be able to think in zero gravity, and of course space travel would be a lot harder if we couldn't think in space. apollo created a culture of innovation on a deadline. required innovation on a deadline. there were 10,000 problems to be solved between 1961 and 1969. nasa looked everywhere within open-mindedness of how t to get the problem solved. as i said, they picked playtex of all people to design the space suit and by the way, that decision, there have been many corporate information since th then. that same group st

they want to nominate the moon. india is doing interesting stuff as well and i was going to mention it was privately funded. it was founded by entrepreneurs and built by a private company. unfortunately it crashed on the mound but he did get to the moon and what is interesting coming and this is something i have to talk to you if i can get buzz aldrin who's got a chapter, he advocates the idea of a cycler and that is the idea that you basically have a spaceship that goes out to the mound and then kind of gravity swings back to the earth and sort of stops and gravity swings back it's a little more difficult to do but what is interesting is the sort of use that concept because what it did is started off in earth orbit and then went out like this and like this and finally slowed down when it got to the moon so there's a lot of innovative stuff that israel did and yes it is going to become an international thing and we are going to have competitors. i don't know if the threat of china is going to be big enough to push t

one big rocket that goes to the moon? or this idea of lunar orbit and putting out a separate wenar vehicle that was very radical with a lot of internal discussion. can we do that with the lunar orbit? but to be very imaginative people and most important to have the political will and focus. the soviet challenge was there with sputnik 1957 and then the first human in space 1961 that shook up the americans jfk and linton johnson and jfk was reluctant really it was lyndon johnson who i pretty much don't like on anything that pushed the space program and kennedy went ahead and signed onto it. also the idea that the soviet union was getting the reputation if you want something done you have to be a communist country this is our way to say this is an open and capitalist system that can do better. by the way we had american industry at that time which is very important buck rogers was important and at the time we had political support to spend the big bucks necessary to get us to the moon. finally nasa was not big bureaucracy at

this dovetails on us going back to the moon. moon. would we not need to go to the moon first before we go to mars to establish a research outpost that could develop fuel on the moon that would get us to mars that much easier because we are out of gravity area and secondly, the soviets propelled us with nick to do the apollo program. let's say the chinese put a man on the moon, would that motivate us to go forward with establishing the research outpost on the moon to go to mars? >> guest: they are not in the middle of the cold warf with china which propelled us to do all this stuff in the 60s with the space program, so i don't think it's the same situation. i doubt if that would spur, but i see more interest in space and space exploration in the galactic and other companies working in partnership with nasa said it's wonderful to see. >> host: michael collins, is he still alive? >> guest: he will be 89 on halloween command does aldrin turned 89 recently. i think that kind of says it all. it speaks to the human need and all to explore to

there was protest going to the moon. there was skepticism with the naacp and the southern christian leadership conference with ralph abernathy the successor to mlk junior he went to the moon lunches but he was not anti- astronaut but questioned why aren't we putting that money into the urban poverty efforts and edward r merle was not keen on it working for kennedy he said if we do it and he's to be a person of color not white men only most of the world is not white if we can put an african-american or native american or latino into space that would say a lot about our culture of inclusion and nobody listened for go there was a group of women maybe not angry, yes angry they couldn't go. they didn't behave publicly with anger but because there were 13 women trained for mercury on a secret program called mercury 13 they passed all of their endurance test they were pilots and ready to go and they really wanted to have a historic woman go if not to the moon but at least participate and they were next. there was no woman and t

a research outpost on the moon? >> guest: good question. we are in a different time now. we are not in the middle of the cold war which really propelled us to do all that great stuff in a 60s in the space program. i don't think it is the same situation. i doubt that would spur us on. i see more interest in space and space exploration right now than i think we have had in 50 years. the commercial exploitation, virgin galactic, space x, blue origin and other companies working in partnership with nasa so it is wonderful to see. >> host: michael collins, is he still alive? >> guest: michael collins is alive and going strong, 89 on halloween. buzz aldrin just turned 89. neil armstrong has been gone for a few years. michael collins is a wonderful gentleman, very thoughtful. speaking of our future in space, he said people will go when they are able to go and i think that says it all. it speaks to the human needs, the human yearning to find out what is over the next hill, the next valley, on the next world. >> host: did he

, grab moon rocks and moon dirt and beat armstrong and aldrin back. so they can say they got the rocks first. in those going 400 miles an hour so that did not happen but then right to the end but that was a motivation whether that is a right solution or not that is a question for history and what god is there. and with that sense of focus and direction at the moment as an administrator it's not really my job but i think what we have learned about nasa it's a great r&d agency and apollo was a project. and then we just try to get there and learn something about the moon and in fact the shuttle and the space station and the operational enterprises we have not had a great sense of accomplishment. so what are we doing? so the whole world has matured. that robert bigelow wants to create habitats in space. we need spaceships of artificial gravity. and that is a problem where the. and to be as committed as ever tell us what direction to march with energy and imagination with a hodgepodge. >> and then robotics does a great job with nasa with relatively small a

unfortunately it crashed on the moon they get to the moon what's interesting and this is something i have to talk to if i can get buzz aldrin who's got a chapter in my book, the advocate the idea of a cycle or, that's the idea that you basically have a spaceship that goes out to the moon and then gravity swing back to the earth, then stops and gravity swing back to the moon and going like that and he says that would be a cheaper way of setting up eventually a cycle or and then all you have to do is mediate and he set up one for mars two, the martone is a little more difficult to do but what's interesting is the israeli one sort of use that concept because what it did was it started off in earth orbit and then kind of went out like this and out like this and finally low down when it got to the moon and went into lunar orbit so there's a lot of innovative stuff that israel did on this and it's going to become an international thing and we're going to have competitors. i don't know if the threat of china is going to be big enough to push the government but we don't necessarily want the

there is a potential return to the moon. you have an opinion about that. >> guest: some people say and some astronauts said that we've been there, where we going back 50 years, but just move on. but there's a lot of things you can do what you get out of the gravity of earth. a lot of things you can do on the moon as a staging area. i don't think it's about idea at all. >> host: dave and vancouver, washington. >> caller: this dovetails on what you are talking about. as going back to the move. would we not need to go to the moon first before we go to mars to establish a research outpost that could develop fuel on the moon that would get us to mars that much easier because out of the gravity area, and secondly, the russians, the soviets propelled us with sputnik to do the apollo program, let's say the chinese, put a man on the moon with that motivate us to really go forward with establishing a research outpost on the moon to go to mars? thank you. >> guest: we are in a different time now and we are not in the middle of the cold

could see a moon base in the future? in fact the south pole of the moon is one of the prime targets for nasa's own lunar plans as well, and those of many countries, because of the potential to find that ice in these permanent craters, to maybe even separate it from the lunar regolith, the dirt itself, to make things like oxygen and fuel and supplies, for other astronauts to come or even to support further exploration of the solar system. so this was kind of an initial small step for that larger process, and i doubt that india would stop if this mission had indeed crashed, i would expect them to send a follow—up. another long week in british politics is coming to an end. it's been dominated by the next steps in brexit, and attempts by the prime minister borisjohnson to call an early election. so far, those attempts have failed. 0pposition parties are united in insisting an election cannot happen until after an eu summit in mid—october. and a bill preventing the uk from leaving the eu without a deal will become law on

south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the 4th country in the world to achieve a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and it with a spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon. for now india's invasions to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened and we're joined now by the delhi correspondent in the misha gys while he said the loss of contact doesn't mean the mission has failed does it do we have any more information. well that's right and now the loss of contact is with the landowner and the rover or the all bit or the 3rd part of the mission is still up and running it will continue all but in the morning for the next year and taking photographs of the day when the surface we've already seen a few

south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the full scan tree in the world to achieve a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and it with the space craft probe intentionally crashing into the moon. for now india's invasions to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened. or at his brandy w.'s deli correspondent michelle gys well nimish a prime minister modi has been talking to employees of his country's space agency now we know the loss of contact doesn't mean the mission has failed do we have any more information they can tell us. well scientists some observers have pointed out that the mission had 3 parts to it there was an orbital a lander and a rover it is the lander and the rover that the space mission has lost

south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the 4th country in the world to achieve a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and it with a spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon. for now india's invasions to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened so we're joined by correspondent mission in a definition we just saw in that report narendra modi looking a little bit glum but then he appeared undeterred after all he's got some big ambitions where does he go from here. well definitely while the confirmation of a failure of this mission would be a setback to industrious mission the prime minister the government and the people in general have been very supportive of israel is therefore its role is india's

this is do we do is live from berlin a blow to indian attempts to put a rover on the moon engineers at mission control have lost communication with their lunar lander the signal from the chandra on 2 spacecraft disappeared after it enters its final descent to the moon surface also coming up. turkey threatens to pull out of a deal with the e.u. aimed at reducing the flow of migrants president aired on says this country may reopen its borders to millions of refugees wanting to go to the e.u. of brussels doesn't provide more support. and the death toll from hurricane dorian in the bahamas will be staggering the country a warrant to search and rescue efforts gather pace hundreds possibly thousands of people are missing with tens of thousands more in desperate need of a. welcome to the program india's space agency says mission control scientists have lost communication with the spacecraft carrying the country's hopes of a successful moon landing and appears the lander was just a short distance from the lunar surface when contact with last prime minister narendra modi joint mission control p

chandrayaan—2 entered the moon's orbit on 20 august, a month after take—off. the lander it's carrying is due to make the historic touchdown on the unexplored south pole in the next hour. if successful, india will become only the fourth country to make a soft landing on the lunar surface, after the former soviet union, the us and china. joining me now from california is bidushi bhattacharya, a former nasa scientist who now runs her own space technology corporation. thank you very much forjoining us. what an exciting moment. give us some context about why this is such a big deal. i am really excited to be here. this is the fourth country thatis be here. this is the fourth country that is going to land on the moon and the thing with india is you have all these innovations coming in under cost so it is a fantastic opportunity not only for a technology but are bringing and research from around the world so we have a collaborative opportunity on a global scale and i have to say from the commercial standpoint this is rather fantastic because all the work that is bein

we could see a moon base in the future? —— lander. the south pole of the moon is one of the prime targets for nasa's own lunar plans as well, and those of many countries, because of the potential to find that ice in these permanent craters, to maybe even separated from the lunar regolith, the dirt itself, to make things like oxygen and fuel and supplies, for other astronauts to come 01’ even supplies, for other astronauts to come or even to support further exploration of the solar system. so this was kind of an initial small step for that larger process, and i doubt that india would stop if this mission had indeed crashed, i would expect them to send a follow—up. traiq malik, editor of space.com, thank you so much for your time. —— tariq. a series of mass shootings in the us over the last year has put pressure on president trump and congress to change the country's gun laws. but for many communities, gun violence is a daily reality. this week the us hit the grim milestone of 10,000 people shot dead so far this y

the moon craft has spent the last few weeks traveling towards the south of the moon. on monday, the landing robe on the separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown. if successful, india will be the fourth country in the world to have achieved a controlled landing. its previous mission in 2008 ended with the spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon. the landing site this time is 600 kilometers. it will reduce the first lunar rorover. it will carey tools. they will measure water deposits. the mission watched the moon's surface in orbit. there is a lot riding on this endeavor. not only does india hope to advance the world's understanding of the moon, it also wants to prove how advanced it is in space technology. anchor: let's get more on this, a senior fellow from the independentian political think tank who joins us. welcome. why is india doing this? >> i think for a lot of reasons. one of the main reasons f for m it's an organization for which space applications was the main stay and one of the space explorations, it is one of the main things an

south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the full scan tree in the world to achieve a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and it with the spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon for now india's invitations to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened and it only a correspondent in asia dies while joins us now from the indian capital delhi throw an image of president modi did look somewhat disappointed there but he made an effort to reassure the nation there was much to be proud of just how big a setback is this for him. well definitely the response across the nation despite the disappointment of what may be of fear off the program has been to support its stalled which is india's space program the

we went to the moon, what's next ? we decided to take a i think it's the saturn five mid-stage would make it into skylab, we can do skylab, that's cheaper, let's do that. and then through a couple of decades, the idea that we get a reusable shuttle. a saturn five is a great big rocket and every piece gets thrown away except for the final capsule. surely we can do things cheaper if we get a reusable shuttle. so what happened in fact is the shuttle once it was operational, first flight was 1981 through the decades the real inflation adjusted cost of putting a pound into space went up with the shuttle rather than down and then there's the question and jimmy carter was kind of like nothing really big other than letting the shuttle continue to be built, though he did have something about the regulation that said government payloads have to go on government carriers because there were a lot of private companies saying maybe we can get intothis and no, government payload has to go on the government carrier . so that was unfor

this is t w news life number 11 a blow to indian attempts to put a rover on the moon engineers at mission control have lost communication with their lunar lander the signal from the chandrayaan 2 spacecraft disappeared after it entered its final descent to the moon's surface also coming out. to turkey threatens to pull out of the deal with the aimed at reducing the flow of migrants president earlier on says he will allow free passage to millions of refugees wanting to go to the youth of the world and particularly brussels doesn't provide more support. plus working hours like a jet i just find space in franchise star wars has fueled a light they were doing trend in france the country's fencing federation talks will attract more young people to the sport. welcome to the program india's space agency says mission control scientists have lost communication with a spacecraft carrying the country's hopes of a successful moon landing and it appears the lander was just a short distance from the lunar surface when contact was lost prime minister narendra modi joint mission control personnel at the.

this is a line from berlin a blow to indian attempts to put a rover on the moon engineers at mission control have lost commune occasion with their lunar lander the signal from the chandrayaan 2 spacecraft disappeared after it entered its final descent to the moon's surface also coming up. hong kong's freedom must speak erin teet that's german chancellor i'm going to marcos message to chinese leaders on a state visit she says dialogue is the only solution to the ongoing political crisis plus fighting like in jeddah in france the science fiction soccer star wars head has fueled a lightsaber dueling trend there in the country's fencing federation hopes will attract more young people to this for. a nickel for the welcome to the program india's space agency says mission control scientists have lost commune occasion with a spacecraft carrying the country's hopes of a successful moon landing it appears the lander was just a short distance from the lunar surface when contact was lost prime minister narendra modi joint mission control personnel as the final countdown began the chandrayaan 2 o

to enter orbit around the moon they did that. last month as well and then you have to make sure that you you separate your spacecraft from its orbiter or or carrier vehicle india did that earlier this week and rendezvous you have to know how high you are how fast you're moving slow down so that when you reach the surface you're not moving very quickly but you can touch the surface very gently indeed it was really all on board so far for that until that last minute when they lost contact with the with the probe this is their 1st attempt to land a spacecraft on the surface this is their 2nd mission to the moon and so far you know they still have that orbiter in orbit for at least the next year so that part of the mission is going very well this was kind of in extra reach for india and we're hoping they'll get some better news later on how likely is it that that we do get better news and that communication can be reestablished. well it seems very grim india did shut down their mission control kind of way there are folks still listen

we decided to go to the moon and we did. we decided we were going to learn as much as we could about humans in a weightless environment, and we did. we set high goals. i also wanted to mention that we contracted to carry out things that we did not know how to do, and we worked with many people around the country to learn to do things. it was not an easy task, some of the things that we had, but we got help and we were not afraid to ask for help. we were not afraid to ask after we got the help. we were not afraid to have things reviewed. and i think that is part of the way that we learn to do business. the other thing that i would had a way ofat we doing things, of looking at the way work was done. we called it configuration control. once things got locked in, when you do things with nasa, at apollo, we kept them under a continuation control, and things did not get changed unless you addressed it to high high level committee. this held for the rest of my career because i learned about getting it right and keeping it keeping i

the south of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic chrome separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown if successful india will become only the 4th country in the world to have achieved a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 ended with the spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon the landing site this time is around 600 kilometers from the luna south pole an unexplored section of the moon after landing vic chrome will release india's 1st lunar rover on to the surface it may be small but it carries instruments that will measure among other things water deposits scientists know they exist thanks to india's 2008 mission which maps the moon's surface from orbit. there's a lot riding on this 126000000 year male endeavor not only does india hope to advance the world's understanding of the moon it also wants to prove how advanced it is in space technology. let's get more on this from her author gopalaswami he's onery senior fellow from the indian political think tank the

why does the moon remain so difficult? well, it is fully autonomous, and even at mars it is the same thing. less than half the missions have succeeded. the us has a really good success rate, but the other countries don't. you have to do the other countries don't. you have todoa the other countries don't. you have to do a lot of simulations, you have to do a lot of simulations, you have to do a lot of simulations, you have todoa to do a lot of simulations, you have to do a lot of simulations, you have to do a lot of simulations, you have to do a lot of work, in order to make this work. you mentioned asteroids. we get an asteroid mission there right now, and the mission there right now, and the mission want to grab a sample. they have to work just mission want to grab a sample. they have to workjust right. they lost communication at two kilometres' altitude and they have to break the descent from 3600 miles down to zero, so they don't crash land. they have to find a spot that is safe, you know, there's a lot of boulders all

why does the moon remain so difficult? well, it is fully autonomous, and even at mars, it's the same thing — less than half the missions have succeeded. the us has a really good success rate, but the other countries don't. you have to do a lot of simulations, you have to do a lot of work, in order to make this work. you mentioned asteroids. we've got an asteroid mission there right now, 0siris—rex, and the mission want to grab a sample. they have to workjust right. they lost communication at two kilometres altitude. and they have to break the descent from 3,600 miles down to zero so they don't crash—land. they have to find a spot that is safe. you know, there's a lot of boulders all over the place, so that makes it extremely difficult, and a robot has to do it all on its own. it can't wait for any human intervention, so they have to programme a lot of corrections in there to do it all right. and it didn't work, but they do have the orbiter, and that is still continuing. it does sound really challenging, and like it s

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a blow to indian attempts to put a rover on the moon the national space agency tries to find out what went wrong the signal from the chandra into space craft disappeared after it entered its final descent to the lunar surface. and more than 70000 people are in need of food and water in the bahamas after their homes and communities were destroyed by hurricane dorian authorities say the final death toll will be staggering. omarion to evanston thanks for joining us. a long awaited exchange of prisoners between russia and ukraine has taken place the swap is being viewed as a step towards easing tensions between the neighboring countries and could also increase the chances of resolving the conflict in eastern ukraine 5 years of fighting between troops and russian backed separatists has left more than 13000 people dead. their 1st steps of freedom back on home soil so easy for former prisoners arriving in kiev. a handshake from the president is nothing compared to the embrace of a loved one. some had been separated for months others for years never knowing what would come next most of the kn

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thank you we are pleased to be with president moon of south korea. we have a long-term friendship and we are making a lot of progress. we are working on a great deal. we have completed a trade deal that is working out well for both countries. that deal is completed now and been in existence for six months. it has been very good. we intend to do additional things on trade. we will be talking about north korea, we will be talking about the purchase of equipment. south korea is one of our largest purchasers of military equipment, and we are working together very well. [speaking foreign language] pres. moon: [speaking foreign language] mr. president, it is a great pleasure to meet you again. i should say that i always marvel at your imagination and bold decision-making. pres. moon: [speaking foreign language] translator: thanks to your leadership, we have been able to see great progress in our relations and soon i will be multilevel negotiations between the u.s. and north korea, to prepare for your third summit with chairman kim. when you have your third

be functioning for about 14 days to collect information but the arbiter will continue orbiting the moon and perhaps even try to get images off the roof off the lander to find out what exactly happened as scientists continue to analyze the data all right now mission giants 12 reporting from delhi thank you very much indeed. now it's one of the biggest prizes an international cinema of the golden lion from the venice film festival this year's prize has been an announced and it's joker from american director todd phillips the film is the dark origin story of the batman villain starring what king phoenix in the title role it's the 1st golden lion for phillips as a director. well to talk more about venice film festival i'm joined in the studio by melissa holroyd from delhi culture hello to you melissa so joker gets the top prize do you think it deserves it. certainly look like it deserves it during the screenings that got very long standing ovations during almost all of that screenings down there a large part of that was due to joaquin phoenix's outstanding performance as flick a mentally il

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south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the 4th country in the world to achieve a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and it with a spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon for now india's invitations to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened. all right let's get you up to date now with some of the other stories making news around the world wildfires in northeastern australia have forced the evacuation of hundreds of people and destroyed a number of homes with strong winds and dry conditions expected to continue over the coming days authorities say it could take a week to get the fires under control. around 60 pilot whales have stranded themselves on a beach in iceland the animals got trapped i

near side of the moon. so landing on the southern polar region, orfar side, those are much more complex missions, and isro has not — the indian space research organisation has not really come up with a statement as to what could have gone wrong. there are a couple of things i could see. one is that the engine at the centre that was supposed to come on, maybe that malfunctioned and that did not come on, that is a possibility. second, to give it a positive spin, is that maybe the lander, the rover and the lander has landed actually perfectly fine, maybe, butjust has lost the data transmission links. and maybe that is a positive way to look at it. but i think, given the complexity of the mission and the overall success rate so far of various missions from various different countries have tried, i think has been about 50%, so this was always going to be a difficult one. having said that, i would just add one point, which is that you still have something really interesting to this mission, which is the orbiter

south side of the moon. on monday the landing robot vic from separated from the craft ahead of its planned touchdown it was supposed to measure the surface and locate water deposits india would have been only the 4th country in the world to achieve a controlled soft landing its previous mission in 2008 and it with the spacecraft probe intentionally crashing into the moon for now india's invitations to become a global space superpower appear to have suffered a setback but scientists hope to get the communication to the spacecraft back up and find out what happened. time to update you know on some of the other stories making news around the world police in hong kong have try to disperse protesters who gathered at a train station in attempt to disrupt traffic to the airport pro-democracy activists who vowed to continue their protests despite home call me to carry around announcing withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill on wednesday. german chancellor i'm going to merkel has called for the rights and fre

moon at 12:33 this morning. more temperatures for you. fichts in the north by. santa rooz rosa. 53. napa 58. fairfield, concord and livermore still in the 60s and not going to cool much at all. the rest of the morning. here is a live shot from the east bay hills. it looks gorgeous from the east bay looking west towards the bay bridge and san francisco. you can see how clear the conditions are. and here are the things you need to know for the forecast. so, we have the sea breeze starting to come in. that's going to impact the temperatures at the coast and around the bay. you'll notice it's going to be much cooler at the beaches. so if you still want to head to the beach it's comfortable but not as hot. then temperatures tumble for the inland and around the bay. everyone better by tomorrow. some relief in sight for inland areas. then a chance of showers. looks more likely running some models for monday. but we are talking lit showers light rain at the most. a live shot looking towards the san jose airport. so toda

india's attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon appears to have failed. scientists lost contact with the landerjust as it was about to touch down on the lunar surface. the unmanned vikram probe was above the moon's south pole when data stopped transmitting from the spacecraft. the british prime minister's demand for an early general election looks set to be rejected, after opposition parties agreed to block it when it's put to mps on monday. they said that preventing the uk leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october is their priority. it's 3:31am. later in this half hour, newswatch. but first here on bbc news, it's click. 50 years after the first humans landed on the moon, a new space race is under way. but today, it is notjust nations that are competing to put ships and people into space. private companies are getting in on it as well. in fact, they are leading the charge. elon musk‘s spacex already delivers cargo to the iss, and is now one of several companies exploring the notion of space tourism — putting non—professional astronauts int

and india's mission to the moon fails. scientists lose contact with the lunar lander just before touchdown. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people killed by hurricane dorian in the bahamas could be staggering, according to officials there. at the moment 30 people are known to have died, but many areas remain cut off. in the last hours, dorian has made landfall over cape hatteras in north carolina in the us, and has weakened to a categoryi storm. but the full force of the hurricane was felt in the abaco islands in the bahamas. these are the latest pictures from there. along with aid and equipment, officials are sending morticians and hundreds of body bags. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool has been aboard the british ship rfa mounts bay, and has just sent this report. heading out to try to find more survivors of the hurricane. this military helicopter is taking off from a royal fleet auxiliary ship that tracked right behind dorian as it smashed into the bahamas. last night, the helicopter discovered a group of pe