First-of-its-kind Mars livestream interrupted by rain on Earth | NewsNation Now

A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch, but rain in Spain interfered at times. Former NASA astronaut and International Space Station Commander Leroy Chiao joined NewsNation Now to discuss the new technology. The European Space Agency broadcast the livestream with views courtesy of its Mars Express, launched by a Russian rocket from Kazakhstan in 2003. It took nearly 17 minutes for each picture to reach Earth, nearly 200 million miles (300 million kilometers) away, and another minute to get through the ground stations. Read more here: https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/first-of-its-kind-mars-livestream-interrupted-by-rain-on-earth/ Watch #NewsNationNow: https://www.newsnationnow.com/joinus #Space #Mars #EuropeanSpaceStation "NewsNation Now" is a no fluff, no filler newscast hosted by Nichole Berlie featuring up-to-the-minute news drawing from a network of journalists across the U.S. Weekdays starting at 1p/12C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all America. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on cable: https://trib.al/YDOpGyG How to watch on TV or streaming: https://trib.al/Vu0Ikij