some kind of real, physical object that gets very close to military pilots and bases. >> is this one of the phenomena that we can't explain? >> i do not have an explanation for what this specific object is. >> at number six, moscow threatening to pull out of the international space station after the u.s. sanctioned russia for invading ukraine. dmitri ragosen, the now forger head of cosmos threatening to end its mely three decades-long partnership with nasa. going so far as to release a video implying that moscow might abandon an astronaut that moscow was responsible for bringing back to earth. >> it prompted a twitter war between ragosen. scott kelly who later this year celebrated ragosen's ouster and the space station's ability to survive, despite the conflict roughly 250 miles p/e low.
we have a lot of damage and it is recurrent. we just do not know what to do anymore. translation: it wouldn't matter how many water pumps _ we had here. with the high tide and this amount of water, we still would not be of able to avoid this. for the second time in less than week, locals are clearing debris, water and mud from their homes and businesses. the authorities insist work on a five—kilometre drainage tunnel to prevent flooding in the future will begin soon but that won't be soon enough for residents of the capital because more rain is forecast later this week. wendy urquhart, bbc news. the first in a new generation of european weather satellites has been launched, which meteorologists hope will allow them to better predict violent storms. the satellite — meteosat—12 — took off from french guiana on an ariane rocket. it will monitor the atmosphere across europe, the middle east and africa, when fully operational, sending huge amounts of data back to earth. the multibillion—dollar system includes a camera to detect lightning, which can indicate violent wind gusts, heavy rain and hail. it replaces technology that is
ending a three—week test mission around the moon. it's hoped it now paves the way for the next stage of the plan to take astronauts back to the moon later this decade. i'm joined now by space scientist dr hina khan, who is now executive director of the group tasked with promoting the scottish space sector, space scotland. welcome to the programme. how big a moment do you think this is? yes. moment do you think this is? yes, it's really quite _ moment do you think this is? yes, it's really quite impressive, - moment do you think this is? yes it's really quite impressive, to be able to look at all the things that have happened over the last few weeks, that nasa has been able to launch a spacecraft, the largest system that has ever been launched on a rocket, and then get that module to the moon, orbit and return safely back to earth, something that
has not happened since the 1960s, during the apollo missions, so really exciting to see they successfully managed to get the orion module back to earth. loath? successfully managed to get the orion module back to earth. why is it imoortant— orion module back to earth. why is it important to _ orion module back to earth. why is it important to go _ orion module back to earth. why is it important to go back— orion module back to earth. why is it important to go back to - orion module back to earth. why is it important to go back to the - orion module back to earth. why is i it important to go back to the moon? i think there are always challenges, in our learning and how we can explore areas, you know, we are looking at the possibility of going to mars and other planets as we start to look beyond our own horizons, and those sorts of space travel involves huge distances, and humans have not been back to the moon since the 1960s, so we really need to understand what it means if we want to go to mars and other planets. and for that, our closest, you know, neighbourand planets. and for that, our closest, you know, neighbour and a satellite is the moon, and still being able to test the equipment and infrastructure that we need to do such a large planetary distances, we need to be able to understand how our ability to get to the moon can move forward in those areas. and our ability to get to the moon can move forward in those areas. and why is it important —
move forward in those areas. and why is it important to _ move forward in those areas. and why is it important to send _ move forward in those areas. and why is it important to send astronauts? - is it important to send astronauts? 0ur is it important to send astronauts? our ability to explore goes beyond, you know, our own planet, and we look at all the different exploration missions that are taking place, and we are talking about mars and extra planetary activity, and so we want to explore those areas, both to understand our own planet evolves over time, to understand our own planet evolves overtime, but to understand our own planet evolves over time, but also to understand how we can, you know, add value from where we go in space and expand our understanding. where we go in space and expand our understanding-— where we go in space and expand our understandinu. ~ ., ., ., ._ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological— understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms _ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms as _ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms as the _ understanding. mm-hmm. how far away in technological terms as the next - in technological terms as the next stop, mars? irate in technological terms as the next stop. mars?— in technological terms as the next sto,mars? , ., , ,, stop, mars? we still have some steps to no stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before — stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we _ stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can _ stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can get _ stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can get people - stop, mars? we still have some steps to go before we can get people to - to go before we can get people to mars. what has been really important about this mission is that we have sent this time an unmanned module, but the module itself is being targeted as a manned craft over the next few years, so being able to send this module into space and then orbit the moon, because we need to
against the abortion ban. claiming it violates religious premium protections. it's the second time it has been blocked. the canton repository leads with a reminder about the dangers of porch pirates this holiday season. really bad. new data shows more than 49 million americans have had a package stolen in the past year. lemire. >> yeah, i've had packages taken from my building. >> oh, my gosh. >> that amounts to nearly 2 1/2 billion dollars in losses nationwide. and florida today reports nasa's orion spacecraft has begun its trip back to earth. it's expected to splash down in the pacific ocean next week. during that mission, orion flew nearly 270,000 miles from earth. that is a new record for a spacecraft designed to carry humans in the program aimed to send americans back to the moon. and news breaking this morning. actress kirstie alley has passed
the rover has been exploring mars for almost two years now. and eventually its samples will be returned back here on earth. nasa and the european space agency plan to of their vehicle tomorrow to launch the samples into orbit. and then a spacecraft would carry the back to earth. all of this focus on morris's tied to the relatively young field of astrologically. which focuses on the search for life in space, and potentially habitable worlds beyond earth. here to answer all of our burning questions, the editor in chief of space.com. i know he is the perfect guest because he has been to space camp. five times. all kidding aside, i know that you are going to be able to help us understand why these rock samples of the perseverance rover drug dug up are so important. and what it means for us earthlings. >> katie, this is really exciting because the perseverance rover the nasa built is the most advanced most capable car sized rover we have
embassy she's go pretty smoothly at least. quite a moment to watch something like that happen. let's switch gears, and come back to earth. as long as it to. as russia has a long and hard close to winters and. ukraine remains in the dark. following a bombardment of russian shelling across the country. alison barbara has the latest from kharkiv, near the russian border. >> blackouts continue in regions all across kyiv, about 6 million customers are still without power. that is according to president zelenskyy. he says the number was a 50% this one is slowly coming. back the chairman says the energy system was already
closest we've gotten, absolutely. >> what's happening today with the spacecraft entering the lunar orbit. i know people can watch it, but what does it mean? >> 4:52 p.m. is when it's going to happen. every best buy and walmart should have it on the tv screens so people can see it. but the orion spacecraft is going to thrust into orbit around the moon. it's the most distant craft we've ever sent into space. for six days it goes to half a large orbit and then it resumes the journey back to earth. >> i think it's going to be while the u.s. and england are playing in qatar. see what the stores decide to air. >> how close are we -- you know, is is this -- >> i have to turn myself to see this. this is the 81-mile shot. that's an amazing achievement --
loud and it turned night into day, literally stop it was so bright it overwhelmed all our cameras but it's got our dreams going back to the moon and that is really important for the future quite you mentioned the future quite you mentioned the future and tell us more about what this means for future travel, why this is so important? this mission has to succeed, the rocket has to succeed, the rocket has to succeed and orion has to succeed and orion has to succeed because there is only three mannequins on board, no people stopping the next mission item who will have four people but that can only happen if this mission goes perfectly. so the primary objective beyond launching the rocket is to orbit around the moon and bring the orion capital back to earth. is going to hit the earth. is going to hit the earth at 25,000 miles an hour and then it will descend through the atmosphere, slowdown three parachutes and land safely in the pacific ocean off the coast of california and they want to recover that capsule and see how it did and that is the