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In pipes and theyre bursting in all across the state. were seeing apartment complexes turned into skating rinks, and thats just adding another layer of danger. its a nail biting day for nasa — as it attempts to put a space rover on the surface of mars. a 6 wheeled robot called perseverance is the first nasa mission since the 1970s to search directly for signs of life on the red planet — but as our science correspondent rebecca morrelle reports, the vehicle first has to survive the landing. n...

Then, just at the right moment, a parachute opens, dramatically slowing it down before a complex landing system brings the perseverance rover down to the ground. thats the plan, but only half of all mars landings have worked. theres danger everywhere. right in the middle, theres a 60—80 metre tall cliff that cuts right through the middle of the landing site. if you look to the west, there are craters that the rover cant get out of — even if we were to land successfully in there. if you look ...

On rising unemployment. millions of people in texas are stuck without power in sub—zero temperatures, with some even burning their own furniture to keep warm. australias prime minister has accused facebook of unfriending his country, after it blocked news feeds in a row over a new social media law. and seven minutes of terror for nasa — its perseverance rover will face its descent to the surface of mars today. more on that soon. pressure on critical care beds in england is showing signs of e...

Its called perseverance, and lets hope it lives up to its name. after seven months in space, nasas rover will attempt to land on the surface of mars this evening. only half of the missions to mars have been successful so far. this one will have to slow from the speed of a bullet to a walking pace if it is going to land safely on the red planet. if it makes it, its mission is to scour a crater that was once a vast lake to look for signs of past life. our science correspondent rebecca morelle has ...

And tell your son you have just been doing a quick call with romesh and have instant credibility. there you go. for the past 12 years, a horse riding stables in south london has been a place of comfort and therapy for hundreds of young people with disabilities. now, the landlord wants to sell, meaning the community has one week left to raise one million pounds so they can buy it for themselves — or it will be closed. our reporter fi lamdin is at the park lane stables for us this morning. and s...

Lowered onto the martian surface on a set of four nylon tethers, if you like. so an extraordinary sort of dance of systems to get it safely on the surface and weve done it before with the curiosity rover but now we have gone to places a little more dangerous, small area but they have a whole new set of systems to make it safer. ., , ., ., ., �* , it safer. for you and the team its a bit like being _ it safer. for you and the team its a bit like being a _ it safer. for you and the team its a bi...

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This is bbc news, the latest headlines: three north korean computer programmers are charged with conspiring to steal more than a billion dollars in global hacking attacks. is there, as david bowie once asked, life on mars? well, we might be about to finally get that answer, from nasas perseverence rover, which is due to land on the red planet later today. only half of the missions to mars are successful and this one is landing in a large crater which was once the rover on board has a drill to co...

After facebook blocks the countrys news feeds — in a row over a new law and, a nail biting day for nasa — as it aims to land its perseverance rocket on the surface of mars. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. serena williams will have to wait a little longer — to equal the all—time grand slam record. she was beaten by japans naomi 0saka — in the semi—finals of the australian open. the loss led to speculation about her future — and whether it cou...

This is bbc news. the headlines at 11... scientists tracking coronavirus in england say theres been a strong decline in infection levels since the current lockdown began. the duke of edinburgh has spent a second night in hospital after being admitted as a precautionary measure on tuesday evening. sir keir starmer is set to outline labours economic strategy — hell argue that the covid—19 crisis has shown the government needs to play a bigger role in the economy permanently. the uk government ...