Welcome to tomorrow today besides show on d w. d first of we had him to a mans land thats not easy if the launch misses a certain window of opportunity it might not make it to the red planet. To get 2 months the distance the rockets and the orbits of earth and mars have to be calculated precisely launch windows for mars the current intervals of just over 2 years we dont want to miss the one starting in late july d d. No fewer than 3 missions to mars are to be launched this month. The United Arab Emirates 1st ever interplanetary probe aims to examine mars atmosphere. China wants to put a lander on its surface carrying a rover equipped with 6 scientific instruments. And then theres nasa says mars 2020 mission thats the one that daniela tears and Nicole Schmitz at the German Aerospace center in berlin are most interested in right now. The perseverance rover is set to land at just 0 crater which is a very exciting place if you look there are lots of craters on mars but this one is very spe
Your friends so they can join, too. Tonights meet the author Event Features a great friend of the museum, someone whos become very involved with us in the last year or so, james holland, who, last week, published the second book in his trilogy on world war ii in the west, the allies strike back. Before i get to the introductions, i do want to follow a tradition we have here at the museum. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans with us tonight that i can recognize. If not, id like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifices. This evening, well have on stage together two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field. I was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing or something, this would be like a payperview match or something that we would have on this stage tonight. So we have our own senior historian, rob citino, who published his 10th book this month and hell be interv
Features a great friend. Someone is become very involved with us in the last year or so. James holland. Who last week published the second book in his trilogy. Before i get into the introductions, i want to follow a tradition we have here. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans here with us tonight that i can recognize, do we have any veterans . If not i would like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifice. This evening come we will have on stage together, two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field, i was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing, this ability paper view match we would have on the stage tonight. Historianr own senior who publishes his book this month and he will be interviewing james holland, a ,istorian, broadcaster, author he is written 19 books on world war ii. Mostly nonfiction but also historical novels and young adult titles. You probably re
Lists all domestic lockdown restrictions. Im phil gal welcome to the program we begin in the United States where thousands of people have begun paying the last respects to george floyd in Houston Texas is the floyd is the unarmed black man whose death in Police Custody in minneapolis sparked global protests a 6 hour public viewing of the coffin is taking place at the fountain of praise church in houston where he was raised and where he lived before moving to minneapolis several years ago the funeral will be held on tuesday. Well calls for Police Reform in the u. S. Are gaining momentum in the way of George Floyds death several u. S. Cities saw mass rallies over the weekend with demonstrators demanding an end to police bias and their use of Excessive Force which is too often turned deadly. 2 weeks on from George Floyds killing they still come to grieve not only for him but for the searing injustices that plagued their nation. We wont change 6 time has not quelled their anger in minneapo
What was life like for you growing up . Yes, my family moved to larchmont, new york when i was just a baby. I was raised there, went to the town north of larchmont for junior high. After ninthgrade, went down to exeter and had three years there. After that i entered dartmouth in the fall of 1940 and once my freshman year was behind me, it was apparent by that time that we were not yet in the war, we might be drawn into it because the germans were sinking ships in the atlantic including american ships. Britain was in bad shape. Looked like if we did not get in, the nazis would take over europe and south america. So i was unsure whether i wanted to volunteer or wait to be drafted. I decided i would volunteer, which amusingly enough give you a slightly Different Army serial number than if you were drafted. The west point officers, recent graduates from training but they were training us in officer candidate school. They tended to look with favor they didnt say that but it was apparent. I