We love space news here on the context. And tonight, its the next step in chinas ambitious space programme. The countrys space agency has launched a rocket that its hoping will make history. This is the moment the change 6 mission blasted off from the Wenchang Space launch centre in southern hainan province. On board is a probe that will aim for the first time to collect samples from the far side of the moon. The spacecraft will attempt to make a soft landing on the South Pole Aitken basin, one of the largest known Impact Craters in the solar system. It then hopes to return the samples successfully to earth. The journey is expected to take 53 days to complete. Im pleased to say former nasa astronaut, who was once the commander of the International Space station, leroy chiao joins us now. Leroy, always a delight to talk to you. I love talking to you about space, and give me your sense of how significant this is not only that china has launched this probe that its been a successful launc
festival on october 7th. here is the moment argamani was reunited with her father while being transferred; she s also spoken on the phone to prime minister netanyahu. and this is the moment where two of the hostages arrived in a helicopter at the hospital in tel aviv. all four of the relaesed hostages are said to be in good medical condition. the israeli security forces said the operation was long planned, and conducted under heavy fire. they have confirmed that one israeli special forces officer was killed they have confirmed that one israeli specialforces officer was killed in the operation. an israeli police inspector died of wounds sustained during the raid. hamas said more than 90 palestinians were killed. lieutenant colonel peter lerner from the israeli defense forces spoke to us from tel aviv. it was intentionally in civilian homes, it was intentionally in civilian homes, and this is what hamas has done homes, and this is what hamas has done we homes, and this is
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Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Scientists have discovered water on the sunlit surface of the moon for the first time. Does it matter . Well, maybe it does. The moon is back in vogue in terms of Space Exploration. The us says it will put astronauts back on the lunar surface by 202a. Its supposed to be the precursor to a manned mission to mars. My guest is jacob bleacher, chief exploration scientist at nasa. In this time of pandemic and Climate Change here on earth, is Space Exploration a potential lifeline or a massive vanity project . Jacob bleacher in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Hey, thanks for having me. Glad to be here. Its a real pleasure to have you. And i want to begin with that nasa announcement of little more than a week ago, where we learned that you guys have discovered a form of water on the sunlit part of the moons surface. It seems extraordinary to me that were still learning such basic things about the moon. So, just explain what this actually means. Sur