i'm not trying to give nasa a hard time. i'm not trying to give boeing a hard time. they've got a hard enough time as it is, but whether it's a company, no matter who it is, i like for people to call things what they are. why is nasa having such a hard time saying the word failure here yes, the launch was successful, but the whole mission with was to connect to the space station. they're failing to do it why can't they say that? >> well, i think, i think you heard from the nasa administrator in his own words how he's thinkinging about this test flight today. certainly failing to document with the iss certainly a failure and and anomaly within one of the sys m systems tied to automation, an automation problem that boeing still doesn't know the root cause of so i think it's a developing situation. a lot of question marks. a lot that has yet to be deciphered or decided including successfully whether they're going to be able to bring this starliner spacecraft back down to earth come sunday >> right morgan brennan, doing great work for us out there thank you, morgan. >> a

she came in and did mathematical equations for nasa. what they didn't realize, she was more than just a computer. she was a mathematical genius. that's what katherine johnson was. >> godspeed, john glenn. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 0. >> in fact, john glenn said, this computer thing, not katherine, this actual computer that was built, calculated his trajectory to space and he wanted that verified by katherine johnson. here's the important part. he didn't ask the mathematicians from m.i.t. he didn't ask the mathematicians from stanford or harvard. he asked the brilliant mathematician from west virginia state university to calculate my trajectory, and make sure i get home safe. that says a lot about what katherine was to not only nasa, but what she meant to the individuals she worked with. they relied on her. they put their lives in her hands. so, what she meant to nasa was that we won the space race, and katherine johnson played a very significant role in that. you know, katherine is about dashes from a small town about two hours from west virginia

and all six of us would say as we walk into nasa to walk in with the status. that was the respect and treatment and we got that pretty much in the first round. and with your own track record but in those that through elbows that is but to assure us we did not belong there. >> you have a question in the back. >> space travel is fire what types of firefighting training or protection do you have quick. >> pretty thorough firefighting training with the freon system to suppress fire on the station and on the shuttle as you can imagine. we literally have careful material selection and preparation behind the spacecraft to avoid fire and no open flame. so if you have a short circuit that happened on beer or a combustion system to produce the oxygen for breathing and that's what started the fire on mir. >> i am curious of your transition to underwater explorer. could you tell us more. >> its full circle story if i had not been selected and diving in deep submersibles into my nasa career then i had a couple of opportunities semi- real roots are the fascination and the d

nasa is probably made up of 80% of private companies. it's not just nasa. it's always been other companies involved, other contractors. they put out tons of contracts and they'll award tons of contracts to private companies. honeywell is very much involved. lockheed is i don't think people realize, nasa is made up of tons of private contractors, thousands of them actually. everybody from companies with 40,000 people to companies with six people. might make the screws for a particular piece of equipment. there's always been private companies involved. >> that's bobby in columbia, maryland. here's marsha. she's in pennsylvania. hi, marsha. good morning. >> good morning. i'm calling on the line for all others because i have a somewhat unusual i would say completely neutral position on watching the moon landing and that is entirely circumstantial. that evening i was 23 years old. i had just been married two years, and my husband and i had just bought our first house and moved in less than a month before that. had furniture stored in my parents' house, had furni

he was a nasa career engineer, and even with the organization that proceeded nasa. in 1960-19 61, he did the first study of the technical requirements for landing on the moon at nasa headquarters. it was his study that allowed nasa to say that president kennedy, yeah, give us enough money, and we can do this. and then george, who i was fortunate to know very well, moved to houston to the new man spacecraft center and was the number two person to the center director bob gillruth, and kind of the day by day soul of the operation. and then after the apollo 1 fire, he demoted himself to be the head of the apollo spacecraft program. he was the one who oversaw the redesign of the command and service module to get rid of all the problems that were the source of the fire that killed the astronauts. so he is kind of the unsung hero of apollo in my view, point one. point two, i got an email from his daughter, who said i would love to get together and share memories of george lowe and his role in apollo, so i'm very much looking forward to that. so it's good that you know that

employee and now a credentialed nasa journalist case according to a nasa administrator the timing was a bit off is that an accurate assessment of what went wrong in your view oh yeah he explained it perfectly well the clock did not know what time it was but the spacecraft did exactly what it should have done at the time the clock find it was unfortunately the clock was wrong and here we are ok so i mean nasa was also katie seeking to reassure perhaps all those space geeks out there saying that they still aren't as all the systems are working does that have to be the case. in the spacecraft is most likely perfect condition and everything else henceforth will go according to plan except its main purpose of flying was to test the spacecraft and also go to the international space station and it will not be able to do that it's likely that it will come into wind in about 2 days otherwise again it's just a matter of the clock not knowing what time it is and everything and you know not going according to plan so if i go i will go ahead with these 1st test flights including astronauts next ye

joining us he's an astrobiologist formerly with nasa an editor of nasa watch dot com keith before we start can you tell us what does an astrobiologist do. well we study the origin evolution and distribution of life in the universe are at it in a nutshell that now that we've established that nasa already of course conducted over a dozen successful missions to mars what sets this one apart well this is an upgrade of the sort of improved version of the mars 20 of them are science lab which has been on mars for some years this rover is going to get down and actually see you know with the right test whether there was life on mars possibly even if there could still be some life on mars so it's asking the big question is asking the big question now china the european space agency and the united arab emirates are also sending spacecraft to mars next year this is a crowded field as i started say how much do the objects is different for days missions and when do you get better off to pull all the resources together well they are actually pull things together the u.a.e. spacecraft will be looki

during her time at nasa, dr. magnus worked extensively with the international community, including europe, japan, brazil and russia. dr. magnus is now the deputy director for engineering within the office of the secretary of defense research and engineering. prior to working at nasa, she was an engineer at mcdonnell douglas, got her bachelor in physics and masters in electrical engineering and her phd from georgia tech. help me in welcoming dr. sandy magnus. [applause] dr. magnus: i want to take a moment to talk about this space station. thank you, al for the invitation. there is a big difference between intellectual knowledge and experimental knowledge, between learning and going into a lab and touching something. that is when you really understand, when you have the experience with the knowledge. i think that is one of the biggest changes that happen with astronauts when we fly in space. we need to experience that environment and experience the planet a different way. when you fly on a space station, it is real

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 what went wrong in your view oh yeah he explained it perfectly well the clock did not know what time it was but the spacecraft did exactly what it should have done at the time the clock find it was unfortunately the clock was wrong and here we are ok so i mean nasa was also katie seeking to reassure perhaps all those space geeks out there saying that they stole a line as all the systems are working does that look to be the case. if the spacecraft is most likely perfect condition and everything else henceforth will go according to plan except its main purpose of flying was to test the spacecraft and also go to the international space station and it will not be able to do that it's likely that it will come in to land in about 2 days otherwise again it's just a matter of the clock not knowing what time it is and everything you know not going according to plan so the program will go ahead with these 1st test flights including astronauts next yea

nasa. because a lot of what we are able to do we learned from nasa and we have techniques and approaches and doing it with much less nasa direct involvement than we've had in the past. so having chris on the team is immensely valuable. you bring him into the team and put a boeing badge on him and firstoff, he has an effect on all of us. you know, we all know these are very brave americans and these are also really smart people so he has a great ability to lead other people. and he has maybe too much ability to say i could probably handle that risk, but his participation in those design trades and how are we actually going to operate this vehicle has been invaluable and we think that that is needed inside the tent. and no way of saying that the nasa astronauts are not able to participate in that way and it's been really good for us and pretty cool for chris to see how things work behind the curtain. publicly, we kind of have a deal with chris, we never want to be in position where he's not e

nasa began having men women work for them, white and black. however, there was still segregation. >> there was a small room that was expected to fit 20 black workers or more. can you imagine working long hours every day? >> while the whites enjoyed modern technology and spacious rooms while sipping their cup of coffee. no matter how hard we worked, we were only paid $16,000 a year while the men took home $26,000. that's a $10,000 difference. >> after a few weeks working there, my supervisor sign -- and i never looked back. we had these big data sheets and it was fascinating. >> soon it was obvious that she was different from the other scientists. >> they said -- >> women don't usually come to these things. >> it was shocking hearing them say that to me. >> she fought back telling them -- >> i need to be at the briefing. and yet still i was denied. i asked once more that women could not go into the briefings. >> katherine used logic and intellect. after a few months her boss gave in and allowed her spew an all-male, all-white briefing room. to

it was at a contractor for nasa. i never worked for nasa proctor proper. i worked for a contractor. in fact most of the people who worked for the space program worked for contractors. boeing was a contractor. many, many contractors were out there. and i thought, a gendered computer? what is this? i had never heard such a title before in my life. since then, i have found a lot of history about it. many of you will have seen "hidden figures" and have learned they were called computresses as well. and in world war ii, women were used as cipher breakers. they too were called computers or computresses. i was very fortunate. i worked my butt off, but i became promoted and became a member of the technical staff, which was our word for being an engineer. and then by chance, i ended up being the first woman in an operational support role in mission control during the flight of apollo eight. what i worked on was the development of the return to earth capability. that is the trajectory to bring the spacecraft back to the earth from the moon. and i am very specialized. lunar operations was what

there is keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. as you in the u.s. state of michigan has been showing off its latest attraction of baby rhino the calf of the endangered black rhinos species was born on christmas eve in the potter park zoo in the state capital lansing calf which is yet to be named it shares an enclosure with its mother. and the 2 are said to be bonding well there are about $5000.00 black rhinos in the wild today. and the top story we're following for you. the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk. and we'll have more news coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest developments and information around the clock on our web site that's dot com thanks for joining us. you're listening to an official estimates more than 1200000 venezuelans who have been colombia legally and illegally. i'd return to. visit friends and i don't think i'd ever go ba

i was keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk . we have more news coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news on developments around the clock on our web site that's dot com thanks for watching. in the height of climate change. for cosmic. what's in store for. joining us today for the future. com we're going to go city hall to get insight. counter. to you know that 77 percent. are younger than thinks it. cuts me and me and you.

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 get to go with all of american. the person most excited about this is my 11-year-old daughter. >> sls and orion will take astronauts to the moon and a six month trip to mars. nasa's first test mission is set for 202

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nasa says the rover has passed its first driving tetest. if all g goes well, the craft could land on mars by 2021. it is one of four lunches slated for next year. we are so happy to have keith from washington, d.c. joining us. he is and astrobiologist, formally and editor of nasa watch. before we start, can you tell us whatat does and astrobiologist ? >> we study the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe. >> in a nutshell. nasa already conducted successful missions to mars. what s sets this onone apart? >> thihis is an upgrade of thee mars scicience lab, whwhich hahn on mars for years. this rover is going to get down and seeee whether therere w wase onon ours -- on mars, possibly whether there could still be life on mars. it is asking the big queuestion. >> china, the european space agency, and the united arab emirates are also sending spacecraft to mars next year. this is a crowded field. how much to the objectives differ for these missions, and do you think we would be better ofoff to pool resources? >> they aree actu

part of nasa's commercial crew program. in about four minutes, that atlas five booster will separate then it will continue to take that starliner to or bit about 15 minutes after launch, that will fall away and starliner will make its way towards the iss. process all together will take about 26 hours >> morgan -- what happens -- >> you can see that rocket powering away. >> what happens when human astronauts are actually on these flights. how will that take place we'll watch something like this take off and then? >> absolutely. even though there are no people on board today, every step they have simulated as if human beings were on board to create a dress rehearse al for when that first crew mission would happen. >> then they'll go where >> the international space station. >> it will dock there and turn around to fly back >> the way to think about it they will be basically ferrying astronauts up to four astronauts to and from the space station. in the case of this specific flight today this will bring 600 pounds of cargo inc

spacex is another of the two vendors for this nasa commercial crew program. essentially, nasa has hired both companies to fly their astronauts to the space station. what happened earlier this year in march, spacex flew their crew capsule to the space station and dock for several days before returning. they are doing some additional testing. the in-flight abort system so if there were a problem with the rocket, the crew capsule would be ejected safely. but with what happened today, one of the big questions will be, how much does that set the plans for manned flights next year into later in the year as opposed to earlier in the year? taylor: it sounds like spacex's technology could be a little bit ahead of boeing's. am i reading too much into that? justin: i think maybe a little bit, just because nasa has to sign off on everything before they are ready to fly personnel. i think that with the issue today on this elapsed timing clock issue, there is a similar system at spacex. so everybody wants to fully understand what happened with that technology and the syste

nasa would rather spend its money handling rides on american—built space taxi services. —— nasa would rather spend its money hailing rides on american—built space taxi services. another enterprise, california's spacex company, has already completed its test flight of its astronaut capsule. the dragon craft made a flawless trip to the orbiting lab in march. spacex looks set to start flying astronauts for real in the next few months. quite how far behind today's events put boeing is unclear. engineers will need to inspect the starliner when they get it back on earth. nasa is determined that it should have a choice of capsules in the future. boeing is certain to try again. jonathan amos, bbc news. christmas is coming. all around the world, millions of children will be hoping for a visit from santa. some less well—off youngsters may miss out on getting a toy but a retired engineerfrom rome is determined to do something about that, as tim allman explains. his name is guido but it may as well be geppetto. a former engineer with an italian airline, he now devotes himself to repairing and

nasa has great s.t.e.m. education -- >> the question is, because we are -- we're videotaping this also so i'll repeat the question. the question is boeing and the smithsonian really focus a lot on s.t.e.m. education programs for girls. so, the question was, were there any kind of programs like that for you, any of you? >> you want me to go first? >> sure. >> no, there were zip, zero programs when i was in elementary, junior high, high school. however, i had great teachers. my math teacher, second year algebra, who was also the basketball coach, saw me do all my homework in class while he's teaching that chapter. and he looked at that and i don't know -- i never know whether it made him mad or he just thought, i need to give this girl more work, so he would go over five chapters -- you know, if we were on chapter 3 go, joanne, your homework is all the problems that's chapter 8. so, i'm thinking i'm getting ahead doing my homework so i don't have to do it on the school bus riding to mims, florida, but then i h

in addition to nasa, all components of the u.s. government are contributing to this incredible achievement with agency such as the department of energy and commerce driving cutting edge research and development in space propulsion, space power, and space commercialization. through the artemis mission the united states along with its international and commercial partners will accomplish a a historic achievement for all of humanity. here to tell us more about the moon to mars mission is jim morhard, deputy administrator of the national aeronautics and space administration. please join me in welcoming him. [applause] >> good afternoon. i'm excited to be here. can't see i wanted you though. neither mri. i really want to start out with a story about myself. i was six years old and i might walk right off this stage. i was six years old, had a brother, and found myself in arlington -- [inaudible] and and i remember getting outse of my parents ford station wagon. it was so old that it had a hinge on the back window, and i remember my broth

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 which meant that technically it was impossible for it to get to the international space station. pet

a member of three nasa space mission and crew of the discovery shuttle that launched the hubble space telescope which has so radically revolutionized our views of the universe. but she did not stop when she left the astronaut corps she served the administrator of noaa the atmosphere and the earth and now she has written a book called handprints on hubble and astronaut story of invention and that is the subject of her talk tonight. the lovely folks are on call our our booksellers and she will be signing copies after the talk and after q&a. and then we will have the book signing. please welcome catherine sullivan. [applause] >> finding us where we were 14 days earlier suited up with the clock at t minus 31 seconds again this time the launch stopped because of the indication of valve on one of the pipes to feel - - fill the fuel tanks had failed to close. if it was correct only one valve was left to leak overboard instead of going into the three main engines and if that happened we could end up at an abort landing site on the other side of the ocean. the launch would be scrubbed rather t

at the time, nasa began a different vision and space travel strategy. the sls and o'rye i don't know would take astronauts to a trip to the moon and a six-month trip to mars. meanwhile, private commercial space partners would have them flying back and forth. they successfully did the first test flight of the crew in march. the next time it flies it will haul astronauts back to the space station anticipated for next year. doing the same with the star liner, taking astronauts in early 2020 as well. both companies have seen the planned test flights delayed, as has nasa's sos and orion which are years behind schedule and several billion dollars over budget. but 2024 to the moon is realistic. >> the sls rocket and the orion crew capsule have made significant improvements in cost and schedule. we're in the 5-yard line about to pumping them to the end zone. i'm confident they'll be ready to go. >> nasa's first test flight, the artemis one mission is targeted for year 2021 and it will fly an empty capsule on the way to the moon, around the dark side and back to

but today nasa and its partners at boeing hit a snag. s the boeirliner 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 era in spaceflight. jonathan: a new era perhaps, but not yet. boeing launched its startliner from cape canaveral in florida, but the automated sh 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 pa of the sky. it can no longer reach the space station, and will have to come ame. the american spancy 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. >> if we would have had crew in there, number they would have one, been safe.cl to br, our crew would have be safe. d had they been the

spacex is another of the two for this nasa commercial crew program and essentially nasa has hired fly their ies to astronauts to the space station. earlier this year in march, spacex flew their crew dragon capsule to space station and docked for several days before returning, and they are some additional testing next month on the nflight abort system so that if there were a problem with the rocket the your capsule would be ejected safely. but with what happened today, one of the big uestions will be how much did that set the plan for manned flights next year nto later in the year as opposed to earlier in the year? > it sounds like spacex's technology could be a little boeing's. of am i reading too much into that? >> maybe a little bit sign offasa has to on everything before they are ready to fly personnel. with the issue today on this elapsed timing issue, there is a similar system at spacex so everybody wants to fully happened what with that technology and those systems because, you now, nasa did emphasize if there is any applicable to the spacex system, that will also be looked at.

boeing starliner rocket failed a key nasa mission during the first trip to space. more on that just a moment. but weegin with the troubled 7 max. united pulled the plane from the schedule again. and now the max will n be back in the united fleet until the start of the summer travel season. phil lebeaue.as m >>> wit the grounding of the boeing 737 max expected to stretch several weeks intoext year, united airlines is pushing plane.ans for the another three months so the airline won't fly the plane than southwest and american.ater with max planes set to be grounded for more than a year, cancellations are piling up. in fact, u.s. airlines are now scrapped almost 150,000 max flights. and it could go higher. since the head of thefaa says there is no time line for approving fixes for the troubled plane. as a result boeing is halting max production next month. and so is spiri aerosystems which building the fuselage. at the company plant in wichitaa, kansas there are already00 max fuselages built but not delivered. meanwhile it's still unclear if ge aviation, building max

meet nasa's latest rover, set to back mars' latest resident in 2021. unveiled in pasadena, this robotic vehicle, which doesn't have an official name yet, will sniff around the red planet and perhaps more ambitiously lie the groundwork to send humans into deep space. this is a mission that's going to launch injuly of this year and get to mars in february of 2021. it's designed to seek the signs of life. so we are carrying a number of different instruments that will help us understand the geological and chemical context on the surface of mars. the rover will spend two years collecting samples that will eventually be brought back to earth in later missions. on board are more than 20 cameras and equipment that turns carbon dioxide, which makes up more than 95% of martian atmosphere, into oxygen, which would be crucial to future human missions. its final destination on mars is a large crater which scientist believe could hold signs of past life forms. and with such big ambition, extra precautions had to be taken, including a thorough decontamination for all

space agency nasa says that the unmanned spacecraft is in a stable position after its launch on a test flight to the international space station on friday the starliner is meant to free nasa from reliance on russia to travel to the i access nasa has been forced to rely on russian soyuz rockets to transport its astronauts since the space shuttle program was terminated in 2011 you've got to in a news conference nasa administrator jim bryden stein said that a technical error with the onboard clock caused the glitch that cyclists in 20 have 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 to broaden sinai from nasa well a skid row in los angeles is well known for its

hundreds of demonstrators at least 3 people have been killed and the state's craft that should get nasa back into the manned flight race the starliner finally prepares for a test flight to the international space station after a 2 year delay. goff it's good to have you with us russia's security service the f.s.b. says that it has neutral state gunman who opened fire near its headquarters in central moscow today the f.s.b. also confirming that one of its employees was killed in the attack the country's health ministry says that 5 other people were injured. the sound of gunfire rips through the moscow night as pedestrians run for cover. police then quickly cordoned off the area and one of the most heavily secured parts of the city. stated by. gunshots of course i didn't get any closer because i wanted to live. but there's very little police officers ran up to the ambulance and loaded somebody into his quickly but apparently he was already dead. then they asked us to move further away. from us that. the russian intelligence service says there was only one attacker and that they had neutral

please welcome me in welcoming nasa administrator, jim bri bridenstine. jim. >> well, this is a great day for nasa. and it's a great day for america. i'm immensely grateful to ellen stofan, the national air and space board and the thousands of public contributors who graciously donated to help preserve neil armstrong's apollo 11 spacesuit for generations to come. it is also an honor to have us with neil's oldest son, rick armstrong. commander neil armstrong's name is synonymous with undaunted coura courage, the american spirit of exploration and the evidence that humanity's potential is limitless. 50 years ago this week armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins hurdled through the unforgiving blackness of space, aiming at the moon, not on a mission of conquest, but a mission of peace. their success expanded humanity's understanding of our celestial neighbor and, most importantly, it taught us something about ourselves. that together we can accomplish any goal and overcome any difficulty. among armstrong's personal effects aboard apollo 11 were pieces of

from reliance on russia to travel to the i s s nasa has been forced to rely on a russian soyuz rockets to transport its astronauts since the space shuttle program was terminated in 2011 gun control for more on this story i'm joined by far ben smith from the science desk of fog and do you know why this capsule didn't reach its planned obit. it's not clear yet what it actually created but it's clear that one of the thrust or rockets that was supposed to ignite after 31 minutes hasn't been knighted and that's rust or was supposed to carry the spaceships a star liner to new heights to the hobbit where the iris as is now obviously the star lineup is right now in a low orbit which which is not quite that high and the question is now what nasa or boeing can do to basically raise it all to get it back home safely down to earth but obviously they're still hiding their options and they have announced a press conference in about 15 minutes from now which hopefully will know more about it ok so they're still weighing their options on how to get this and the right orbit but what does this mean for

is meant to free nasa from its current reliance on russia to travel to the space station and nasa has been using russian soyuz rockets to transport its astronauts since the u.s. space shuttle program was terminated in 2011. god the nasa held a news conference a short while ago fabien schmidt from our science desk was the following that joins us now welcome what did nasa say then about the reasons for this glitch. yeah basically the point is is that the starliner took off very well on an atlas 5 rocket and everything went quite fine until about 31 minutes into the flight and then as the thrust didn't ignites a stressed is basically another 2nd rocket that is supposed to carries the module to the i s s why didn't it ignite because as jim children from boeing said that the mission elapsed time somehow was set to the wrong time which means this is not a manned mission it's the 1st mission of this airplane the many missions were supposed to come later this year or a still probably supposed to come later this year and because it's a robotic mission as a robot has to know what it's supposed

nasa is determined that it should have a choice of capsules in the future. boeing is certain to try again. jonathan amos, bbc news. before we go, let's remind you of the top story this hour. doris johnson's pledged to take the uk out of the eu at the end of next month has passed a significant milestone. that is after mps approved his withdrawal bill with a convincing majority. he said the country was 110w majority. he said the country was now one step closer to getting brexit done. don't forget, you can get all the details of that withdrawal bill on our website. you can also get details by tom eddington about brexit and what the transition period will be like. good morning. what a miserable week of weather it has been for many of us, with some relentless rain, and that has brought a localised flooding. in fact, that has brought a localised flooding. infact, friday that has brought a localised flooding. in fact, friday afternoon, these were fairly typical weather watch pictures across parts of central and southern england in particular. in fact, central and s

nasa is determined that it should have a choice of capsules in the future. boeing is certain to try again. jonathan amos, bbc news. christmas is coming — ready or not. all around the world millions of children will be hoping for a visit from santa. some less well off youngsters may miss out on getting a toy. but a retired engineerfrom rome is determined to do something about that — as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. but a retired engineerfrom rome is determined to do something about that — as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. his name is guido but it may as well be geppetto. a former engineer with an italian airline, he now devotes himself to repairing and restoring toys. lots and lots of toys. anything up to 70 a day, in fact, and it is all in a good cause. translation: take this one for example. some toy shops give us the faulty toys that they cannot sell. this one, i have repaired it and it works now. and these new toys we send to hospitals. notjust hospitals. this charity also provides playthings to the children of refugees or kids whose parents ha

and a spacecraft that should get nasa back into the manned flight race us a star liner prepares for a test flight to the international space station after a 2 year delay. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologized for going on holiday as the nation contends with a worsening bushfire emergency he also paid tribute to the 2 firefighters volunteers killed in a road accident while deployed to a blaze near sydney 3 others were seriously injured the men were among thousands of firefighters battling to contain some 100 blazes raging across the state of new south wales. now smoke from the fires is also spreading across australia southeastern cities like sydney where public anger is growth. sydney's skyline envelop in a shroud of smoke with bushfires advancing on the city from multiple sides only its tallest structures remain visible its famous landmarks cast in apocalyptic light. on the ground few dare venture outside without face masks sydney now has the 4th worst air quality in the world experts say it's difficult to avoid such sustai

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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 test with the start liner, including validating all environment control and life support systems. >> today we had a lot of successes. i would say on the been the biggest successes was watching the nasa team in the boeing team and the ul a team work together in an nominal situation to make good decisions that would have been right for our astronauts and rights for the coun