nasa has released remarkable images of its space rover landing on mars, the first of their kind from the planet. it shows the final minutes of last week s tense descent with clouds of dust and grit being blown around as the vehicle is lowered to the floor of the crater. the rover, perseverance, has been sent to an ancient crater lake to search for signs of past life. our global science correspondent rebecca morelle has the story. the parachute has deployed. from the release of a supersonic parachute, to the shedding of a heat shield. first look at the surface. an out of this world view mars as never seen before. as the rover nears the surface, the dust is kicked up, then a change of camera as perseverance is lowered on ropes before touchdown. touchdown confirmed. perseverance safely on the surface of mars! ..and the landing system is jettisoned away. we can t test it on the earth, so this is the first time we ve had a chance as engineers to actually see what we designed and
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the bloomberg reporter, lizzy burden and political commentator and nonresident fellow at new york university faiza shaheen. tomorrow s front pages starting with. the first image from tonight s mission to mars dominates the front of the times. it also covers journeys closer to home, reporting that ministers are becoming more confident with the prospect of foreign holidays this summer. the i has carried out an opinion poll on lockdown restrictions saying 52% of people support schools reopening in two weeks time. the mail says the uk will offer over forties a vaccination by the end of next month. the pfizer and oxford vaccines cut covid infections by two thirds, according to figures in the telegraph. in an interview with the financial times, the french president says the us and europe shou
which killed ms hutchins in october. now, it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it s nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that s currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on crypto currency. so the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house o
are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that is currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on cryptocurrency. so the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house or even a video clip. that proof is a unique token that is non changeable, non fungible it is a non fungible token, or nft. personally, i have always been sceptical of whether nfts are a sensible idea but there are plenty of people who ve bought into them, literally. ownership rights for some digital artworks
it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it is nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that is currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on crypto currency. so the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house or even a video clip. that proof is a uniq