, after its aborted mission to the international space station. nasa says it is the first time an american ‘human—rated spacecraft‘ has descended onto land. let's get more details from our correspondent in los angeles, peter bowes. after a small blip, peter, a success 7 after a small blip, peter, a success? yes, success followed by a failure because it did not get to the international space station which was of course the original plan, eventually to take astronauts to the space station, but the return to the space station, but the return to earth was just as important in terms of the experiment that this mission was. they have previously had problems with the parachutes and of course the parachutes are all important as it is coming down to slow down the capsule as it eventually comes in to land, as it did successfully, all three of the main parachutes were deployed. so nasa and boeing are very happy and they are still working on more because the original problem which was a software glitch causing the spacecraft to go into their own orbit w

the starliner on the way to international space station had a challenge. the challenge was it did not do the orbital insertion burn the way we were anticipating we made an effort to demand it to do that burn, but what it comes down to is automation. what we were trying to do is make sure we could do the mission end to end, completely automated, and that didn't work. then we started to try to give it command signals and seems like they did not get received by the spacecraft either here's what's important. the spacecraft is in orbit, is safe if we had astronauts on board, they would have been safe. and in fact, if we had had astronauts on board, they would probably have taken over manually and it would be flying to the international space station now. but there's a lot of testing to do the spacecraft is in order, we will bring it home to white sands, new mexico in the coming days there are a lot of successes from today's test. >> a lot of successes, the fact that it is not going to the international space station, docking, staying there a week as planned, is

to the i access international space station and dock with it completely automatically. a few days later the starliner will decouple from the eye assess and part with that service module in order to return to earth. the unpiloted capsule should then safely and gently land on the ground in new mexico with the help of parachutes and airbags if all goes to plan the starliner will soon be able to transport astronauts into space. for. the space shuttles were once readied for a lift off and this hangar for the past few years it's where the starliner has been built. a man transport system for the next generation nasa is having it developed and built by boeing a private company. the starliner resembles the apollo spacecraft which once landed astronauts on the moon. its crew capsule can be reused after the flight it should complete 10 missions in total and carry up to 7 astronauts into space at a time. the crew will be seated an upper and lower rows when they lift off for their missions. at the beginning of november the starliner completed a simulated takeoff emergency a security

the international space session -- space station is a machine. and all of you in this room, most of you, our engineers and scientists i am neither but i have been around you long enough to know that machines break. maj. gen. bolden: we have probably four to eight years, i think, of life left on the international space station. money is not going to help that. we just you do not have a way to get enough pieces and parts there to refurbish it and make it new. so something has to step into its place. so we will be exactly where we were when we shot the space shuttle, we will shoot the station with nowhere to go. somebody has to come up with a business case that helps people understand that there is value in going into low earth orbit and having a pharmaceutical laboratory. there is value in going into low where's orbit and having a materials processing laboratory. because we have demonstrated all of that on the international space station now for 19 years. that is what the space station's purpose was, to demonstrate for people in business that this

. >> astronauts on the international space station are about 250 miles above earth. they will be losing using the norad santa tracker. you can track santa at norad santa.org. you saw the santa tracker over my home state of texas. at last check he was headed to acapulco, mexico. >> on the 11:00 news a deadly crash in antioch after a car slammed into a tree. a witness describes what led up to this accident. >> the game of the year in the league and an old friend will be returning. 'twas the night before christmas and all through the league permutations of playoff so much intrigues. with the niners or seahawks emerge from the rest, one game in seattle would tell list whose next. today was set for our own eyes. marshawn lynch back with the seahawks. all smiles at this. >> i know marchand will come in and he will be ready regardless how much time he has had off. >> it was unreal. >> after a year off from football marchand back in the nfl with his old team just in time for the game of the year. can't wait to see what he has to say about his return. >> what brought you back

the international space station. the world of music has been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon says it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder, where there were anti—communi

test flight to the international space station on friday now the starliner is meant to free nasa from reliance on russia to travel to the international space station now has been forced to rely on russian soyuz rockets to transport is astronauts since the space shuttle program was terminated in 2011 well in a news conference in the us or administrator jim bryden stein said that a technical error with the on board clock caused the glitch to take a listen to what he had to say. that anomaly resulted in the vehicle believing that the time was different than it actually was and because that timing was a little bit off. what ended up happening is the spacecraft tried to maintain a very precise control that it normally wouldn't have tried to maintain and it burned a lot of a lot of prop in that in that part of the flight and when that prop got burnt looked like we were going to be able to go ahead and rendezvous with the international space station well let's bring in kate cowan now a former nasa employee and now a credentialed nasa journalist kate according to a nasa administrator the timi

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space race american. international space station. but 1st the u.s. president. to sign the bill for u.s. sanctions against the stream to gas pipeline today the white house wants to block the completion of the pipeline that russia to deliver gas directly via the board to see washington. billions in. transit fees stream to. russia ukraine and the european commission have finally reached a tentative. the deal goes into effect on january the 1st. and. welcome to still so as to be on russia's promise to kind of continue using ukraine to transport the gas into europe but you korean has had its own share of problems dealing with russia and getting its gas supplies. there's been a number of disputes between russia and ukraine when it comes over gas the harshest one certainly being the one and generally of 2009 when moscow actually cut. gas applies to ukraine and a row over the payment of transit fees and those bitter $3.00 weeks not only for people in ukraine but also in other european countries gas supplies have to be rationed actually we have to understand that gas de

reaching for the stars but coming up short, why boeing plans to launch to the international space station did not go exactly as plan ♪ for those watching on pbs and around t globe, welcome to "bbc world news america." the u.s. capital has been the scene ofc histoama this week, donald trump becoming only the third president ever toe impeached. now lawmakers have left for a holiday break without any agreement on the next steps in the sena. president trump has pushed for an immediate trial, but house speaker nancy pelosi has not indicated when she will send over the articles for consideration. this has clearly angered the president, who tweeted about it, saying nancy losey is looking senate.uid pro quo with the why aren't we impeaching her? to watch us through -- to walk us through what happens, ias join earlier by joe morano, former federal prosecutor. thisrings up international -- interesting questions. are there legal maneuvers here republicans can use to compel the democrats to send those arcles over? >> you used the term legal, and that is how we think of a trial, but it is political.

why boeing's mission to the international space station didn't quite go as planned. firefighters in the australian state of new south wales were bracing for what are being termed "catastrophic" fire conditions. temperatures have soared above a0 degrees and are set to fuel more than a hundred fires burning across the state. in south australia, one person has died overnight in a blaze east of adelaide. the prime minister scott morrison, widely criticised for being on holiday during the crisis, is expected back in australia over the weekend. i got the latest from our reporter phil mercer. we have, as you say, a catastrophic fire warning for three large areas here in new south wales. more than 100 fires are burning across australia's most populous state. roads have been closed, rail services have been disrupted, and what with just a few days left until christmas, summer holidaymakers hoping to go north, south, and west of sydney have been urged to stay at home today and to delay their trip until tomorrow, because conditions are very, very dangerous, as you say, very hot

and stuck in orbit — why boeing's mission to the international space station didn't quite go as planned. more catastrophic fire warnings have been issued for parts of new south wales, with temperatures set to hit the mid—40s celsius. in south australia, one person has died in a blaze east of adelaide, while crews are also battling outbreaks in the west of the country and in victoria. the prime minister, scott morrison, who's been widely criticised for being on holiday during the crisis, is expected back in australia soon. dr sarah perkins—kirkpatrick, who is a climate scientist at the university of nsw‘s climate change research centre joins me now from sydney. thanks forjoining us here. personable, if i can ask, how unprecedented are these fires? these fires are unprecedented in a number of ways, firstly in their size, there have been over 2 million hectares that have been burnt, and the time of year. we don't usually expect bushfires to occur and be this extreme at this time of year, so this extreme at this time of year, so particularly with this catastrophic fire rating, this is

flight to the international space station earlier on friday and the starlight is meant to free nasa from its reliance on russia to travel to the i.s.a.'s now has been forced to rely on a russian soyuz rockets to transport since the space shuttle program was terminated in 20 a well in a news conference nasser administrator jim bryden stein said that a technical error with the onboard kwok caused the collision a 2nd isn't what he had to say. that anomaly resulted in the vehicle believing that the time was different than it actually was and because that timing was a little bit off. what ended up happening is the spacecraft tried to maintain a very precise control that it normally wouldn't have tried to maintain and it burned a lot of a lot of prop in that in that part of the flight and when that prop got burnt looked like we were going to be able to go ahead and rendezvous with the international well as bringing kate cowing now a former nasa employee and now a credentialed nasa journalist kate according to a nasa administrator the timing was a bit off is that an accurate assessment of

space station. hello, and welcome to world news today. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has accused his political opponents of spreading lies about a new citizenship law which has led to deadly protests. speaking at a rally of his bjp party in the capital, delhi, mr modi said indian muslims — who are a minority in the country — had nothing to fear from the legislation. the law offers fast—track citizenship to migrants from neighbouring countries who claim religious persecution, but doesn't include muslims. more than 20 people have died in ten days of clashes sparked by the bill. here's our south asia editorjill mcgivering. these are the friendly faces, the prime minister's passionate supporters. he is still a popular and inspirational figure for many here, with a natural gift for working a crowd. but security was tight in delhi as he addressed this crowd, a reminder of the strength of public anger with his government's new citizenship bill. mr modi had a message of reassurance, delivered

and — stuck in orbit. why boeing's plans to launch to the international space station didn't go as planned. hello and welcome to world news today. the british parliament has given its backing — by an overwhelming majority — to boris johnson's eu withdrawal agreement. the vote makes it almost certain that brexit will happen by january 31st — ending decades of uk membership of the european union. the prime minister won with a majority of more than 100 votes including six from the opposition labour party. the withdrawal agreement — now approved in principle by mps — says. the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and imposes a transition period until the end of 2020, during which britain will still abide by eu rules. it says we will pay the eu a ‘divorce bill‘ of around 33 billion pounds. and it sets out a plan for dealing with the northern irish border — with a possible customs border down the irish sea. our deputy political editor john pienaar has more. we're leaving. we're through the looking glass. everything looks the same, but nothing will be the same again. the la

it was on its way to rendezvous with the international space station. erroneous timer met it did not make its target. bad news in that it was on a path to deploying capsules that would carry human beings in about a year. not the kind of news boeing wants and a setback for the i.s.s. as well. manned,if it had been maybe the mission would have been a success. part of the problem was it was an autonomously driving mission. it is too soon to know. it is space travel. you can catch all of our interviews on bloomberg on tv . this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i am a mark crumpton with bloomberg first word news. the united states and china are planning the formal signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the two countries. present trump tweeted he had a very good talk with the chinese president xi jinping about the agreement. he said china has begun making large-scale purchases of american agricultural products. mr. trump said that to you also discussed north korea and hong kong. the u.s. is closely watching north korea for signs of a possible psy launch o

the boeingtarliner will cut short its unmanned mission to the international space station after experiencing technical problems. here is our science correspondent jonathan amos. >> and lift off, the rise of the starliner and a new eragh in spacef jonathan: a new era perhaps, but not yet. boeing launched its startlinerfr cape canaveral in florida, but the automated ship failed to carry out its commands properly. when it came off the top of the rocket it was supposed to fire , its engines. it did, but at the wrong time and for too long. the starliner put itself in the wrong part of the sky. station, and will o comehe space home. the american space agency has been overseeing the development of the capsule. nasa has provided milestone payments to help boeing in vehicle into operation. and despite the setback, the agency is positive. >> i we would have had crew in there, number they would have one, been safe. to be cl be safe.rew would have and had they been there, we may be docking with the international space station tomorrow, had they been in the spacecraft. so a lot of things went right today

what our students used as a guide was the international space station. if someone was up there, looking down upon the planet earth at night time, would they be able to see your house with those christmas lights on its roof? and they came up with a number of about 2500 christmas lights that you would need to be able to be spotted from the international space station. does any building, as far as we know, have that number of lights? well, actually, that number of lights isn‘t so unreasonable a number. if you look at some of the images that the international space station is able to acquire, you can see cities and streetlights when looking down from above. one thing i want to point out is that we at the university of leicester are not advocating that you are rushed out to the supermarket now to buy extra lights for your house. rest assured, santa is clearly magical and will be able to find your house without any problem. there are two reasons, then. firstly, having so many ways is only going to add to the climate emergency that we are all currently facing

why boeing's mission to launch to the international space station didn't quite go as planned. the british parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of legislation that marks a huge stride towards britain leaving the european union, after nearly half a century. eight days after its sweeping election victory, borisjohnson‘s conservative party smashed through the stalemate that followed the referendum in 2016. the withdrawal agreement now approved in principle by mps says the uk will leave the eu on 31 january. it imposes a transition period until the end of 2020, during which britain will still abide by eu rules. it says the uk will pay the eu a divorce bill of around £33 billion, and it sets out a plan for dealing with the northern irish border, with a possible customs border down the irish sea. here is our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. we're leaving — we're through the looking glass. everything looks the same, but nothing will be the same again. the last, lonely protester was there, fighting a cause that today became officially lost. the ayes to the right — 3

go to the international space station. so as i mentioned, it is still very much a developing story what we do know is that the flight controllers do have control of the spacecraft. that it is in a stable orbit we have been getting updates along the way as well. little windy here. along the way as well. boeing space said flight controllers have just completed an adjustment burn and are assessing next steps a few moments ago, jim bridenstine, the administrator of nasa, saying that because starliner believed it was in an orbital insertion burn that the dead bands burned more fuel than needed to maintain precise control. they're getting good burns and elevating the orbit of the spacecraft still unclear what is going to happen now with starliner. we're expecting updates at this news conference and whether there is still an opportunity, still a window in which they can basically adjust and fix the situation and the spacecraft can actually make its way to the iss or whether they're going to have to find a way to land it it is dev

space station. the star liner is meant to free nasa. as a has been forced to rely on sawyer's rockets to transport its astronauts since the space shuttle program was terminated. nasa administrator said that a technical error with the onboard clock caused the glitch. >> anomaly resulted in the vehihicle believingng the time s different than it was. because that timing was off, what ended up happeningg was the spacecraft triried to maintain a very precise control t that it normallyly would notot have trio maintain and it burned a lot of prop in that part of the flight. not got birds, it looked like we were not going to be able to debut with the international space station. helena: skidrow in los angeles is known for its homeless population. one resident is trying to change the face of his neighborhood through his art. under the name showsart he draws attention to skidrow's plight. reporter: it is the highest concentration of unsheltered people in the u.s.. chris has lived here for the past 20 years. n

for boeing starling or, international space station has planned. however, he did have a successful touchdown today. nasa is relying on boeing and civics to design and build save craft and design astronauts in space station. nasa has invested in more than $6 million into those two companies the commercial program. even though this flight was cut short, nasa says crews will able to get a lot of critical information on this mission. and that will help strengthen nasa's commercial program and americans safe like capability. nasa calls that an historic man leaving today. a big success. >> we brought the spacecraft home. for the first time landing a capsule on land in the united states. we have not and that as a nation before. we note on it. we have pinpointed landed. which is quite frankly, amazing how that was accomplished. we met three - two - one. and left off. the rise of starlight. molly: the starling or take off from cape canaveral on friday was supposed to be the beginning of a space trip. lasted more than a week. in it today. boeing is trying to

. >>> we have breaking new about a boeing test flight to the international space station. momentsing a boeing, the aerospace company, announced its starliner spacecraft did not reach the proper orbit to dock with the space station. the nasa administrator confirmed nasa was helping to work on the problem. this capsule was carrying a mannequin to see how smooth things were to go. begin shuttling astronauts into space. but for now the starliner did not achieve the orbit needed to dock with the international space station. >>> meanwhile nasa is working towards going back to the moon by 2024. eventually they want to set up a permanent basin the moon's orbit. nasa wants to make this possible in the next four years with the space launch system or sls the mega rocket that will take up to four astronauts into space, then dock at the gateway space station which is already being built and orbit the moon permanently. nasa says this mission is more realistic and it will be different from trips in the past. >> this time we have a diverse highly quality astronaut core including women, we

spacex dragon is resupplying the international space station. nasa announced the capsule successfully docked with the station today. dragon is delivering more than 5,700 pounds of cargo and equipment, and that delivery will last complete speerms including the study the spread of fire and bone and muscle loss, and there's even a study of budweiser in malting barley in microgravity. >>> want to hear a story that's really bananas? >> apparently a man ate an art installation. >> it's what art is all about. >> up next hear from the guy who took a bite out of the banana art and how the gallery is responding. >>> well, i'm meteorologist drew tuma. our rain is now moving out. ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours®. >>> a man at a miami art gallery is talking about the moment he removed a $120,000 banana from an art exhibit, peeled it and ate i

here are more the international space station, we are 250 miles above the earth, orbiting around the earth at roughly 13 miles perhour -- 13,000 miles hour. i will be using the norad santa tracker all day long along with other astronauts on board to find out when we will cross santa's flightpath again. you can track santa, too, at noradsanta.org. happy holidays, everyone. mark: we couldn't resist. who dialed a child misprinted phone number in a department store ad thinking she was calling santa started the tradition of tracking him around the world. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. investors appeared to be losing their appetite for shale. u.s. oil and gas producers have raised the least funds from share sales this year in a decade, and the trend is expected to continue in 2020 with oil prices hovering below what investors need to boost their confidence in the second or. for more, let's bring in critic of the. these countries are not selling

space has brought its capsule back to earth after a failed mission to the international space station. the capsule touched down in new mexico in nasa's first touchdown on land. the star liner made 33 orbits during its aborted mission. it took off friday but was unable to reach the iss. the star liner is designed to carry up to seven astronauts. malaysia's attorney general tommy thomas says he is ready to ratchet up a criminal case against goldman sachs for its role in the 1mdb affair. thomas told us he is planning to bring the banks' executives to court in malaysia regardless of any supplements in the u.s. >> it doesn't matter if it is settled with the u.s.. it does not help them one bit and it does not affect our prosecution of the case. in our can see more exclusive interview in the next 10 minutes. global news 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomberg. we are into the final stretch of trading in 2019 and barring a huge reversal, the world's major asset classes are on

back and forth from the international space station, what are we doing? are we reliant on russians >> the russians. the russians, the soyuz. we have been paying $85 million per seat to be able to hitch a ride on the russian soyuz, that is what we have been doing for the last eight years nasa had not expected to have to keep paying for seats beyond this year and i believe the last final contract to have seats on the soyuz is april 2020. negotiations, it's my understanding, are underway to add more seats basically as a backstop, as a hedge into the back half of next year we'll see how all of that plays out as well. >> thank you. >> thank you i know we'll be coming back to morgan very soon when we come back from break, key moments from last night's democratic debate. we'll bring you insights from a focus group that was led by pollster frank luntz here's some thoughts from last night's debates on billionaires and paying taxes >> rich people want to protect their wealth that's their number one priority. >> so if i'm a -- >> there's ten billionaires that want t

spacecraft star blasts off on its test flight to the international space station we take a look at what's at stake for nasa. and find out which country is in qualifying. to fix next year. but 1st u.s. president donald trump is set to sign the bill for u.s. sanctions against the nord stream to gas pipeline later today the white house wants to block the completion of the pipeline that russia to deliver gas to directly. see . the ukraine will lose billions in transit fees of north stream to which bypasses ukraine. russia ukraine and the european commission i finally reached a tentative gas agreement on friday moscow says carry on delivering gas created. the deal goes into effect on january the 1st. of. welcome to still so as to be one of russia's promise to kind of continue using ukraine to transport the gas into europe but ukraine has had its share of problems dealing with russia and getting its gas supplies mean that there's been a number of disputes between russia and ukraine when it comes over gas the harshest one certainly being the one and generally of 2009 when moscow actually caught.

race american star lined up to paris for a test flight into the international space station on for 2 years. but 1st to syria as strikes are claiming an increasing number of civilian lives that's according to a british based monitoring group it says at least 30 civilians have been killed by russian and syrian government as strikes in the past week alone the deaths come as sidran troops launch a new offensive. or something like pulled from under the rubble after as strikes hit. scenes all too common in the province since monday at least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injured by russian jets most if not all with civilians and many of them children. residents say their town has no military importance. this is an industrial area only civilians live here there's not a single soldier here russia is worse than the syrian regime we civilians have no one who can help a. lot of warplanes hit the area with my thoughts i left my motorcycle and ran for cover there are people in the rubble. of. the conflict in northern syria escalated again earlier this year when the syrian government b

space station. who are far but apparently not far enough. >> we had to come all the way to space to try to get away from fruit cake but it didn't work, we got some anyway. >> reporter: either way, we got the message. back here on earth, while many people are spending the day with family and friends. at least one statistic we saw shows about one-quarter of all american workers will clock-in on at least one major winter holiday, including christmas day. major? i think we know at least a few of those people. >> garrett: as the saying goes, the work's not going to do itself. mola lenghi, thank you so much. president trump and the first lady spent christmas day in florida, at their mar-a-lago resort. no public appearances. but they did share a video message. >> as we gather with loved ones this holiday, americans across this land are grateful for all the men and women in uniform who keeps us safe. our military, our police, and everyone in law enforcement. >> we say a special prayer for those military ser

space station. hal i wouldn't and right now a good descriptions of the european weather at least in the west now most of the rain has been in portugal then spain or more recently is falling in southern france and northern italy ahead of that front there but the next one let's forget that will bring yet more but the whole lot is moving slowly eastwards so the overnight pictures take you into saturday brings a lot of snow for the outside it's fairly wet and heavy snow this and rain to the south so it's not going to be the silly a good base for the ski trade for example in central vienna reflects this is generally a warm area shouldn't be 10 should be more like plus one all of eastern europe is warmer than it should be on the expander various ways and to come in for sunday so between saturday and sunday where some windy for western europe as you can see not so much spread in portugal. and yet more snow to come the rain is still circulating here this is flood potential around the adriatic again it's a l

touchdown in new mexico earlier this morning after failing to reach the international space station. another rocket was tested for the first time on friday but the highland highly anticipated launch did not go quite as planned but christina has more on what went wrong. hello, christina. reporter: this on crude orbital taste test flight was had a major timing - the good news was the star liner did have a successful touchdown today. nasa says marks the first time in u.s. history that a human rated capsule return from orbit and made a round landing. nasa says that his article because the information gained from this trip will help strengthen the commercial crew programs and america's human spaceflight capability. nasa is relying on boeing and space acts to design and build space kraft that can fly astronauts to the space station and nasa has invested more than $6 billion in those two companies for the commercial crew program. even though this on crude capsule did not dock at the international space station as planned boeing was still able to compete to complete another of other flight t

. >> from the international space station, i'm nasa astronaut christina cook. on behalf of the expedition 51 crew we would like to welcome the attendees of the 2019 space summit aboard our magnificent laboratory. we are appreciative of the u.s. chamber's support and commitment to enabling commercial partnerships and streak investments, especially in the space industry. as we fly 255 miles per hour above you, we are making great progress on a number of experiments. for example, examining how microgravity can improve the health of people on earth. we expect this trend to continue as we approach years of living aboard the space station. we're happy to have joined you from orbit and wish you all a productive space summit. >> and with that, tom donohue, ceo of the u.s. chamber of commerce. [applaus [applause] >> in a few minutes, i'm going to go out to the airport and a horizontal basis, i'm going to fly about 250 miles and it's unbelievable to think that you just saw a quick video from space and people are telling me that you ain't seen nothing yet. so i'm glad you

space station. now 291 days later, just one of them remains in space, and this weekend she set a space milestone. christina cook now holds the record for the longest single space life by a woman. >> reporter: christina cook was greeted with hugs when she arrived at the international space station 8 1/2 months ago, realizing a dream she'd had since childhood. the 40-year-old engineer was originally supposed to spend six months in space. but in april, her stay was extended to last nearly a year. and today she breaks the record held by retired astronaut peggy whitson for the longest single trip in space by a woman. >> it's a huge honor. peggy is a heroine of mine who has also been kind enough to mentor me through the years. so it's a reminder to give back and to mentor when i get back. >> reporter: part of cook's mission is to study the effects of long-term space travel on the human body. >> i also like to think of it it's not so much how many days you're up here, but what you do with each of those day

having said the first astronaut to the international space station international space station late september for an eight-day mission. and next to the plan to watch a probe to mars. their long-range goal they say is to eventually colonize the red planet. i'm all into stretchable but that is a stretch goal if i ever heard one. if that's not proof of a vibrant and expanding aerospace industry, i'm not sure what is. developments like that strengthen my resolve to unleash the power of commercial space transportation by paving the way for easier access to low-earth orbit the national airspace system, and doing so safely and efficiently. the faa has maximum support for doing this work. it's a mission that is front and center for the trump administration, and my boss, the secretary of transportation elaine chao. last year as you know president trump assigned space policy directed two which calls on the faa to streamline the rules for commercial launch and reentry while at the same time protecting national security and public safety. the idea in part is that was the conference of the private sector