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Ignition. lift off, artemis 1. we rise together, back to the moon, and beyond. >> roaring off launchpad 39 be at the kennedy space center, the next chapter in americas love affair with all things space. >> engines on the core stage, and tucson rocket boosters, not propelling the vehicle at 128 miles per hour. >> nasas artemis rocket, the most powerful ever built, headed for a multi day, uncrewed orbit, around the moon. a test flight, before astronauts, including a woman, and person of color, cli...

Ignition lift lift off, off of go falcon. l.e.d. falcon. falcon, go, go. >> february 2nd in california, spacex launched a classified government satellite into orbit. in our or l 87. >> state separation confirmed. >> believed to be a top secret state of the art space satellite that the pentagon said it will support -- for its mission. within months, russia launched its own spy satellite, cosmos 20 5:58. placing it in the same orbit and just beneath the u.s. satellite. >> thats really irresponsibl...

Engaged to the new race across the lunar surface. how do you see this play out? >> weve already been there. in that sense, its not a race. however, that we dont have the capacity to which is back, and it is a race when it is run anymore. because american pride, china gets there before us there is trying to bruises a little. they say, okay, it is a geopolitical decision, so yes, lets go for it. >> using infrared satellites, every rocket, and missed a launch, or anywhere in the world, is immediate...

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>> keeping watch over americas military and spy satellites is the top priority at this classified space force off-centre. more than 70% of middle larry satellite -- come from here. everything from nuclear command control orders to presidential communications, down to a coast guard cutter, a submarine, even tactical units on the ground. how vulnerable are americas satellites? the u.s. says both russia and china have intentionally demonstrated offensive military capabilities in space. targeting an...

Military industrial complex and nasa, and space engineers, and scientists, right? >> there is a two way street between discoveries made in the military that could benefit nasa and scientists and discoveries made by scientists that could benefit the military. when you read the history of science and war, the relationship between physicists and warfare may be well-known because they make weapons, and they may know how to make the weapon, especially in the nuclear era -- >> the argument that is, if...

U.s. military sources, also claiming they, have launch cyberattacks against the spacex startling satellites, over ukraine. providing the country with internet access. but the u.s. military says, spacex engineers were able to defend against the attack, by rewriting several lines of computer code. >> a lot of us expected the ukraine conflict. everything would go lights on, and is in the rest of the world. they can continue to have access with him to rest really. and with it. >> russia, china, and ...

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Humanity going into places. is when theyre going to say. >> when we come back, space force isnt just responsible for protecting u.s. satellites, and operations and space, it is also charged with protecting the planet from armageddon. rom armageddon 12 hours!! not coughing? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. its comeback season.

China, and russia, voted no. >> simply put, these tests are dangerous. we will not conduct them. >> it was silly. its going to happen. >> republican, mike rogers, the ranking member on the house armed services committee. >> china, and russia, couldnt care less what our stated policy is with regards to things like that. we need to be working with real policy, defensive capabilities, to protect our satellites with offensive endeavors. >> space force commander, say all u.s. satellites, military, an...