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It was the first controlled flight by a powered aircraft on another planet.
Another groundbreaking first for science followed a day after, when a gold device about the size of a car battery on
Perseverance, called Moxie, created oxygen out of that same thin atmosphere. Previous missions have focused mainly on answering long-held questions about our mysterious celestial neighbour. But this new generation of experimental technology has begun to pave the way for the eventual human exploration - and even colonisation - of Mars. On this week s Beyond the Headlines, host Arthur Scott-Geddes looks at the latest wave of pioneering science missions on Mars, which are helping to usher in a new era in the exploration of the solar system.
No weapons were found in the vehicle, it said, adding the incident was under investigation.
Mr Daraghmeh s funeral was held as tensions between Israel and the Palestinians continued to climb after a night of rocket attacks and air strikes.
Israel’s security forces are bracing for continued unrest.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in the city of Lod, home to both Arabs and Jews, where police reported widespread rioting.
Meanwhile, protesters clashed with Israeli police and attacked Jewish motorists in several Jewish-Arab towns. Israeli artillery in action as the escalation continues between the Israeli army and Hamas at the Gaza Border. EPA
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SpaceX achieved the first soft landing of its Starship spacecraft after a highly anticipated test flight on Thursday, in a major milestone for the project.
SpaceX engineers endured a nervous wait as remotely operated water hoses fought a three-storey tall methane blaze that licked up the side of the stainless steel spacecraft after it touched down on its landing legs at the company’s centre in Boca Chica, Texas.
Elon Musk, the company’s founder, told his Twitter followers that the landing was “nominal”, which is space talk for normal or acceptable.
The ambitious flight test programme has captivated space enthusiasts and scientists around the world, with tens of thousands of people tuning in to live streams covering the build-up to the flight.
The Friday launch window is expected to open at 9.49am GMT.
SpaceX will be live-streaming the launch as well as Nasa on stream at the top of this page, with the broadcast scheduled to begin about four hours before take-off.
If the launch goes ahead it will be the first time astronauts have blasted into space on board a SpaceX rocket that has already been there.
The powerful Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule being prepared for take-off both flew to the ISS last year.
Nasa astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were delivered to the ISS in a milestone for the commercial space sector, ending nearly a decade of reliance on Russia’s ageing Soyuz rockets for delivering crews to the space station.