Neil armstrong its One Small Step for man. One giant leap for mankind. 52 years ago, we laid our last footprint on the moon. As the crew of apollo 17 left the surface, they didnt know that gene cernan would be the last person to walk on Another World for quite a while. Were on our way, houston. But now, in this decade, finally. Were going back. And liftoff of artemis 1. Nasas Artemis Programme will, in the next year or two, return us to our neighbour. Part of its mission to land the first woman and the first person of colour on the moon. Another part to use what we learn here to send the first astronauts to mars. This is where it all began, floridas Kennedy Space center, named after the president who made the original pledge to go to the moon. And now this place is at the centre of even grander plans, because this time were notjust visiting the moon we want to stay. This is gateway, humanitys first Space Station that will orbit Another World. It will go round the moon every seven days.
And do the other things, i not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Neil armstrong its One Small Step for man. One giant leap for mankind. 52 years ago, we laid our last footprint on the moon. As the crew of apollo 17 left the surface, they didnt know that gene cernan would be the last person to walk on Another World for quite a while. Were on our way, houston. But now, in this decade, finally. Were going back. And liftoff of artemis 1. Nasas Artemis Programme will, in the next year or two, return us to our neighbour. Part of its mission to land the first woman and the first person of colour on the moon. Another part to use what we learn here to send the first astronauts to mars. This is where it all began, floridas Kennedy Space center, named after the president who made the original pledge to go to the moon. And now this place is at the centre of even grander plans, because this time were notjust visiting the moon we want to stay. This is gateway, humanitys first Space S
This week, were heading into space to find out how well live, work and eat on the moon. We have space homes and a spacewoman. All of a sudden, it clicked in my head. Wow, the International Space station is a submarine in space. Moon bots and moon dust. The surface is fine and powdery. I can pick it up loosely with my toe. You know, i think ive seen that chap somewhere before. Jfk we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, i not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Neil armstrong its One Small Step for man. One giant leap for mankind. 52 years ago, we laid our last footprint on the moon. As the crew of apollo 17 left the surface, they didnt know that gene cernan would be the last person to walk on Another World for quite a while. Were on our way, houston. But now, in this decade, finally. Were going back. And liftoff of artemis 1. Nasas Artemis Programme will, in the next year or two, return us to our neighbour. Part of its mission to land the first
Steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were greeted with a show. Well, its one way to bang the drum for russian elections. There is voting, too,
To find out, its time for me to take One Small Step of my own. Oh, wow. I can instantly see the dust kind of kicking up. Yeah. Its really fine, isnt it . It leaves the footprints like youd expect. Oh, my gosh. Thats brilliant. And this is how moon dust behaves, itjust puffs up like that . It does, yeah. Its so fine. Welcome to swamp works. The dusty, dirty lab where they work with simulated moon dust. Now, the loose soil that covers the lunar surface is called regolith. Its extremely fine, very sharp on a microscopic scale, and it gets everywhere. So when we landed with apollo 11, we didnt know what the surface of the moon exactly was going to be like. Youll notice from some of the footage, the landing pads are quite huge on the landing legs and the ladder s far away from the surface. There was a lot of concern of, how much will this lander sink into the surface . How fluffy is this regolith . The surface is fine and powdery. I can. | can pick it up loosely with my toe. In fact, its be