Live Breaking News & Updates on Vulcan Expeditionary Group
Stay updated with breaking news from Vulcan expeditionary group. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
A police investigation is also under way into whether crimes were committed by some of those prosecuting hundreds of innocent people in what s become known as britain s biggest miscarriage of justice. marc ashdown, bbc news. in the last few hours, a rocket has blasted off from cape canaveral in florida, carrying the first american spacecraft to attempt a moon landing for more than half a century. this is the moment it happened. the peregrine mission will carry out experiments on the lunar surface, which will help pave the way for future space exploration. our science correspondent, jon amos, watched the launch. picture perfect launch on the space coast. cape canaveral, florida, in the united states this morning, about 7:18 gmt, a little bit earlier in the morning in the us, the rocket, the vulcan, ....
So what exactly does this particular problem mean? problem mean? we had a picture erfect problem mean? we had a picture perfect launch problem mean? we had a picture perfect launch this problem mean? we had a picture perfect launch this morning i problem mean? we had a picture perfect launch this morning and l problem mean? we had a picture l perfect launch this morning and the craft on top of the new vulcan rocket left cape canaveral in florida and everything seemed perfect and then about seven hours after liftoff we had a statement from the private exploration company in pittsburgh in the us saying their spacecraft had experienced an anomaly of some kind, that is the word they used. the spacecraft, they were going to the standard checkouts that you do on a spacecraft when it comes off the top of the rocket and you go through its systems and power “p you go through its systems and power up everything and check the data to see it is working properly. one of the things the spacec ....
Hasn t it? yes, picture perfect launch- cape hasn t it? yes, picture perfect launch. cape canaveral, - hasn t it? yes, picture perfect launch. cape canaveral, florida, | hasn t it? yes, picture perfect. launch. cape canaveral, florida, 18 minutes past seven gmt this morning, earlier in the morning in the us, the rocket, the vulcan, lifted off. after 15 minutes of flight interjected this peregrine lander, as it is called. you can see a picture of it here in preparation. it will take a few weeks for the lander to arrive at the moon. then it will attempt a soft landing. i put the emphasis on soft landing. that will be on the 23rd of february. it is not since this event happened, way back in 1972, the apollo 17 mission. you can see the commander of apollo 17. that was the last mission to touch down gently on the surface of the moon from the united states. they have not attempted since. they have had a number of probes that have deliberately crashed into the surface of the moon bu ....
In pittsburgh, called the peregrine lunar lander, and a few hours after it separated from the vulcan rocket they ran into some issues, now we know it is one of the worst things that you can encounter in spacecrafts. that is a propellant problem. they put out a statement about an hour and a half ago, i will read it. it says, unfortunately it appears the failure within the propulsion system is causing a critical loss of propellant. the team is working to try and stabilize this loss but given the situation we have prioritized maximizing the science and data. we can capture and we are currently assessing the alternative mission profiles that may be feasible. so, that is not good. a critical loss repellent a big problem. they are now looking at alternate mission profiles. the goal, to make this the first spacecraft to land on the moon since the apollo program program in 1972, the first private company to ever do this, not a u.s. government ....