the volcano on la palma in the canary islands has erupted again this evening, just as it was thought that the worst was over, a significant amount of lava has again started moving down the volcano, destroying everything in its path. hundreds of homes have already been destroyed and thousands of people have been moved out since the first eruption over a week ago. for nearly half a century, satellites have been orbiting earth and providing a unique record of the evolving state of the planet. the latest satellite, called landsat 9, was launched this evening. nasa claims this newest addition to the longest continuous record of the earth s surface will enable scientists to separate the human and natural causes of environmental change, as our science editor david shukman explains. and lift off! a murky, rainy day in california, but that was not going to stop this vital launch from going ahead. rising into orbit, it is the latest in a long line of satellites,
eastern time we set a new record. for the first time in human history. 14 earthlings are not with us here on earth, they are instead in space. seven of them on the international space station, three of them on china s new space station, and the newest for our aboard that spacex mission. they have not been orbiting earth for nearly 28 hours. and that s it leads 18 round trip so far. tonight we have a look at they won for the spacex crew and how they have likely launched a new era, a report from corresponded carrie center at the kennedy space center in florida. 357 miles above planet earth. tonight for every day americans, in process of proving, that space travel for the rest of us is possible.
about. the second stage rocket which can be fired multiple times is going to carry them to their orbit of 357 miems around the earth. what makes spacex different is they reused the rocket. the rocket that carried the four civilians into space has already been used twice. it s put two military satellites into space already. i am watching it return to earth, which is completely wild. it looks like an upside down flashlight in the sky. i can see it returning to what will be a drone ship out to sea. the other thing they reuse is the capsule the four astronauts are riding in. this capsule has been to the international space station. right now spacex is the only way on or off. they are the main contractor for nasa. that is why we are here at cape canaveral. nobody tows it better than they do. they are showing it with what is an automated system, chris. in theory, the way this is going to work, you and i can get on
side that the second stage has ignited. i m sure the crew felt another kick in the gs there as it ignited. officially the inspiration 4 crew are now on their way to space. on the left-hand side of your screen is making its way back down to earth. the grid fins have popped out to assist with the steering. it s parked out and holding position in the atlantic ocean. so we have a couple of views on screen. signal, bermuda. as kate mentioned, left-hand side is the view from the top of the first stage looking down separated from the first stage. making its way back to the earth. velocity trajectory nominal. is being tracked on the bottom left-hand side of your screen. the second stage on the opposite
cyan of those brothers. it made republican scott brown s win even more earth shattering. a development that may affect this nation s foreign policy, health care policy, perhaps the remainder of the obama presidency. chuck, hard to believe it happens on the one year anniversary. in washington today for the president she stood for a symbol of voter anger. scott brown winning ted kennedy s liberal massachusetts senate seat was seen as a refr dumb on president obama s agenda. now it s ten years later. partisanship has become more predictive in american politics, right? especially as americans become more and more polarized and nothing is preordained.