Delivers cargo to the iss, and is now one of several Companies Exploring the notion of Space Tourism putting non professional astronauts into space. It has also signed up billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to take a trip around the moon. Amazon boss and the worlds richest man, jeff bezos, is also planning to take passengers to the edge of space by the end of 2019, with his company blue origin, and has ambitions to land humans on the moon by 202a. But there is one company that is further along the Space Tourism journey than any other, and now Virgin Galactic has opened the doors to its new hq and given marc cieslak exclusive access. Fire, fire. It is a little after 7 00am, and im heading into the desert in new mexico, about 20 miles past a place called truth or consequences. The reason for that really early start is that we are going to get a very rare glimpse inside that. It bills itself as the worlds very first commercial spaceport. Thank you very much. Welcome to spaceport. Thank you. The on
Leaving the eu without a deal at the end of october is their priority. Its 3 31am. Later in this half hour, newswatch. But first here on bbc news, its click. 50 years after the first humans landed on the moon, a new space race is under way. But today, it is notjust nations that are competing to put ships and people into space. Private companies are getting in on it as well. In fact, they are leading the charge. Elon musks spacex already delivers cargo to the iss, and is now one of several Companies Exploring the notion of Space Tourism putting non professional astronauts into space. It has also signed up billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to take a trip around the moon. Amazon boss and the worlds richest man, jeff bezos, is also planning to take passengers to the edge of space by the end of 2019, with his company blue origin, and has ambitions to land humans on the moon by 202a. But there is one company that is further along the Space Tourism journey than any other, and now Virgin Galactic has
Ahead of tonights strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer will bayleys moves, as the Paralympic Champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. Good morning. Lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. Just the odd isolated shower but with Clear Conditions by day, chilly conditions by night. All of the details coming up shortly. Good morning, its saturday the 7th of september. Our top story schools should stay open at evenings, weekends and holidays to help protect pupils from crime and gangs, according to the childrens commissioner for england. Anne longfield said children no longer feel safe on the streets, and that opening classrooms outside of usual hours could offer a safe space. Jane Frances Kelly reports. The school bell marks the end of the day but the childrens commissioner for england would prefer it if people stayed on for a range of activities, rather than going straight home childrens commissionerfor straight home childrens c
Looks a really tough task. They were beaten last night. They are now fourth in the group. Better news for wales. They are now third in their group. Attendance records for Womens Super League matches will almost certainly be smashed this weekend with some games played at the club two main ground for the first time. The new season kicks off with Manchester City hosting Manchester United at the he had. They havent met before with united playing their first season in the wsl. We are making sure will be a diligent in all our preparation, making sure players know their roles and response abilities. Are we there yet . No. We have a long way to go. Were still finding our feet. But we are starting a a very tough way. Man city, arsenal liverpool is a tough start. But it will give us a good guide and a good barometer of where we are. Rafa nadal has reached the final of the us open with a straight sets win. The spaniard survived two sets win. The spaniard survived two set points. He is going for a
it is about 3:30am. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, we look at gaming in your gaff, holograms in your home, and dinosaurs in yourdining room! hey, welcome to click! hope you re doing 0k. i think it s fair to say that each of us have had to work out our own way to manage the last 12 months and let s be honest, i don t think anyone s coming out of this unscathed i m certainly not. lara, how are you doing? i m getting strangely used to this existence, which i think is probably worrying in itself, but i am really looking forward to being able to see my mum and friends even though you keep telling me that you re perfectly happy in your own company! oh, yeah! it s something i ve learnt, actually. i m absolutely fine in my own space sometimes out walking, sometimes in reading, escaping into a movie although to be honest, i think i ve completed netflix now. but the reason i ask is i wanted to ask about gaming. are you a gamer, lara? ooh, i used to love gran t