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NASA is just hours away from launching the most powerful rocket the world has ever seen. Lift-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida will take place between 08:33 and 10:33 ET (13:33 and 15:33 BST).

In a weeks time, if all goes to schedule, the Kennedy Space Centre will see the first lunar mission since Apollo 17 finally blast off into space - watched by a crowd of 100,000 writes TOM LEONARD.

Her arrest. >> all the blinds are closed all the time. im surprised to know she was there. >> her attorney released a statement today after her arrest, she had no foreknowledge nor could she predict what omar mateen intended to do that tragic night. she told her story of abuse at his hands. we believe it is misguided and wrong to prosecute her. and it dishonors the memories of the victims to punish one of his victims. >> thanks, pam. its a waning moon tonight. perhaps that is fitting, in some ...

>> her attorney released a statement today after her arrest saying, she had no foreknowledge nor could she predict what omar mateen intended to do that tragic night. she told her story of abuse at his hands. we believe it is misguided and wrong to prosecute her. and it dishonors the memories of the victims to punish one of his victims, an innocent person. she will have her first court appearance tomorrow morning in california. anderson? >> thanks, pam. its a waning moon tonight. perhaps that i...

Having a chance to be with the last man that walked on the moon. gene cernan would ask me about my son. maybe hell be the first one to return to the moon. i would joke with him, yeah, because ill put him there. apollo 17 astronaut, harrison schmidt joined gene cernan on that walk on the moon. neither takes credit for the singing that we heard from the surface of the moon. thats probably because both had horrific voices. harrison schmidt joining us now. very good to have you. >> neil, a sad day b...

Of a song, i would start to sing that song. that happened a lot on our mission. fortunately gene then would join in. we would have a brief duet. not a very good one. i admit. a brief one. >> neil: gene cernan mentioned that when i chatted with him. i want to hear you react to this. >> over the hill, dah, dah, dah, dah. dah, dah, dah. hipetty, hopping along. >> could have been introduced a number of different ways. >> neil: that is my favorite. you can be a hero and not a singer. great stuff. suc...

Going to the moon and all of a sudden theres a big problem and showed exactly what the talent was at nasa to get us home safely. >> neil: jim lovell, thanks for taking the time, unfortunately under these circumstances. thanks for your service and harkening back to an era that too many of us are forgetting. >> i want to thank you, too, for reck reckonizing gene and all the things that hes done. >> neil: that includes you. so much more. genuine hero, genuine articles all of these gentlemen at a ti...

Evans had never flown before. i said listen, enjoy it. they did and i did. yeah, we did the singing "the merry merry month of may." >> ♪ i was strolling on the moon one day ♪ ♪ in the merry, merry month of december ♪ >> no, may. >> the thing that was so nostalgic, the last step. because i started up the ladder. >> neil: we will look at that laugh, starting up the ladder and making a difference because gene cernan is dead. one of 12 men that had the pleasure of seeing this planet from a d...

Cernans passing. its like america is reliving those young days. so many young people, my son included, shocked that we were doing all those things. >> yeah, my wife and i saw that picture last night. i was amazed also that in the early days, you know, when things were still with calculators and we called them computer gals, that they did a great job. the movie has a lot of good things to it. >> neil: it does harken back to a great time. obviously not only the role that we played in the space pro...