Hello and welcome to bbc news. The number of covid 19 deaths in the United States has passed half a million. Its the first country to do so. The bells on the National Cathedral in washington tolled 500 times to honour the victims. Bells toll. 500,000 lives are more than were lost by the us in both world wars and the vietnam war combined. The pandemic is still claiming 2000 americans every day, and there has been widespread economic hardship. President biden has ordered flags on federal buildings to be flown at half mast for five days as a mark of respect to those who have lost their lives. Just before he and the Vice President led a moments silence, he had these words for americans. As we all remember, i also ask us to act. To remain vigilant. To stay socially distant, to mask up, get vaccinated when its your turn. We must end the politics and misinformation that divided families, communities in the country. Its costing too many lives already. Its not democrats and republicans who are
Nasa has released remarkable images of its space Rover Landing on mars, the first ever of their kind from the planet. It shows the final minutes of last weeks tense descent with clouds of dust and grit being blown around as the vehicle is lowered to the floor of the crater. The rover, called perseverance, was sent to an ancient crater lake to search for signs of past life. Our global science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has the story. The parachute has deployed. From the release of a supersonic parachute, to the shedding of a heat shield. First look at the surface. An Out Of This World view mars as never seen before. As the rover nears the surface, the dust is kicked up, then a change of camera as perseverance is lowered on ropes before touchdown. Touch down confirmed. Perseverance safely on the surface of mars . And the Landing System is jettisoned away. We cant test it on the earth, so this is the first time weve had a chance as engineers to actually see what we designed and ijust c
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Nasa has released remarkable images of its space Rover Landing on mars, the first of their kind from the planet. It shows the final minutes of last weeks tense descent with clouds of dust and grit being blown around as the vehicle is lowered to the floor of the crater. The rover, perseverance, has been sent to an ancient crater lake to search for signs of past life. Our global science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has the story. The parachute has deployed. From the release of a supersonic parachute, to the shedding of a heat shield. First look at the surface. An out of this world view mars as never seen before. As the rover nears the surface, the dust is kicked up, then a change of camera as perseverance is lowered on ropes before touchdown. Touchdown confirmed. Perseverance safely on the surface of mars . And the Landing System is jettisoned away. We cant test it on the earth, so this is the first time weve had a chance as
Nasa has released remarkable images of its space Rover Landing on mars, the first of their kind from the planet. It shows the final minutes of last weeks tense descent with clouds of dust and grit being blown around as the vehicle is lowered to the floor of the crater. The rover, perseverance, has been sent to an ancient crater lake to search for signs of past life. Our global science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has the story. The parachute has deployed. From the release of a supersonic parachute, to the shedding of a heat shield. First look at the surface. An out of this world view mars as never seen before. As the rover nears the surface, the dust is kicked up, then a change of camera as perseverance is lowered on ropes before touchdown. Touchdown confirmed. Perseverance safely on the surface of mars . And the Landing System is jettisoned away. We cant test it on the earth, so this is the first time weve had a chance as engineers to actually see what we designed and ijust cant. Its
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Nasa has released truly remarkable images of its space Rover Landing on mars, the first of their kind from the planet. It shows those final minutes of last weeks tense descent with clouds of dust and grit blowing around as the vehicle is lowered to touch down on mars, 293 million miles. 472 million kilometres from earth. The rover, perseverance, has been sent to an ancient lake crater to search for Signs Of Life, from billions of years ago. Our global science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has the story. The parachute has deployed. From the release of a supersonic parachute, to the shedding of a heat shield. First look at the surface. An out of this world view mars as never seen before. As the rover nears the surface, the dust is kicked up, then a change of camera as perseverance is lowered on ropes before touchdown. Touchdown confirmed. Perseverance safely on the surface of mars . And the Landing System is jettisoned away.