scuppered the first. we ll be live in florida with our correspondent rebecca morelle. and, millions of people in england and scotland will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine from monday with care home residents first in line for the jab. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. mourners in moscow are paying their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the last soviet leader who brought the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. later today, he will be buried in the city s largest cemetery next to his wife, raisa. russian president vladimir putin is not attending the funeral. the kremlin says mr putin has no space in his schedule. these are live pictures from moscow. we arejust outside we are just outside the hall of columns, the building where many russian leaders over the years have gone on public display after their death where people can pay respect. people have been walking quietly and respectfully around
attempt to launch the rocket. it s the first mission in the artemis programme, which aims to put people back on the moon by 2025. rebecca morelle it at the kennedy space center. rebecca, good morning to you as it is there in florida, we were saying it is the most sophisticated rocket, yet it what s covered in the moments before countdown. you can make it as sophisticated as you like but the whole process of getting a rocket up is actually quite fraught isn t it? that s right. these things have thousands of moving parts and this is the most powerful rockets that nasa has ever built so it s not unusualfor nasa has ever built so it s not unusual for technical issues and delays to upset a launch attempt. but everything is looking ok at the moment, the weather is a bit cloudy here at the moment but that is not unusualfor here at the moment but that is not unusual for this time of year in
first stop this is notjust going there and planting a flag but potentially staying?- there and planting a flag but potentially staying? yes, that is ri . ht, this potentially staying? yes, that is right. this is potentially staying? yes, that is right, this is different potentially staying? yes, that is right, this is different in - potentially staying? yes, that is right, this is different in several| right, this is different in several ways from the apollo missions and it has been 50 years since the last moon landing. it has been a long time. firstly, this isn tjust about nasa, this is about mass outworking with other space agencies too, the european space agency for example has built the service module, that the is the part sitting on the bottom of the orion spacecraft which is the part which is going to go to the moon and back around again, working with companies, working with different countries too. it s more of a collaborative approach than it was 50 years ago. but it is als
it the march, when you initially suggested it the proposal was supposed to run for 12 it the proposal was supposed to run for 12 months, why has it been reduced for 12 months, why has it been reduced to for 12 months, why has it been reduced tojust a for 12 months, why has it been reduced to just a quarter of that? to make reduced to just a quarter of that? to make things we wanted to do, festival, test whether it works, in other words, festival, test whether it works, in otherwords, is festival, test whether it works, in other words, is it bringing people back to the bus, how do people respond and we will get a lot of informational data by running it through those winter months. and then, secondly, there is a change in our pram and a step back to take place, i think it s right to not time their hands into the next financial but this is a measure helping people in the shorter term and the next prime minister can decide what to do with it from there. in the coming hours, nasa w
this is bbc news. i m shaun ley and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world: mourners pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, ahead of his funeral. i m glad people are paying tribute to the man who changed russian history because russia has a very bad record of commemorating people who were so important. moscow blames maintenance problems forfailing to resume the main pipeline that transports gas from russia to europe after a three day closure. more than half of manufacturers in the uk say they may have to cut production or close down completely because of rocketing energy bills. ready for lift off again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems