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space center where the uncrewed artemis i mission is scheduled to lift off between 8:33 and 10:33 a.m. heres the thing, there are technical issues right now. a hydrogen leak and potentially an engine problem threatening this mornings launch. >> the plan is for artemis one to eventually fly around the moon with three mannequins, including one named commander moonequin. nearly 50 years ago apollo went to the moon. the artemis plans to land humans on the lunar south pole of the moon in th...

The launchpad. for now, launch is scrubbed. >> launch is scrubbed. kristin fisher, thank you so much. launch is scrubbed. its so interesting to hear kristin ticking through the different problems they had but it really came down to the engine situation. michelle, tell us about the engines stuck to this rocket and why this can be troubling. >> theyre really fascinating engines. these engines have been in space before. these are engines flown on the space shuttle. this type of engine has lots and ...

What are officials saying? >> reporter: yeah, jennifer riordan, the only fatality involved in this deadly engine situation that unfolded on tuesday, kate. authorities here in philadelphia confirming the cause of death here as being blunt impact trauma to her head, neck and torso. this coming from officials late yesterday. we also learning of course from the ntsb she was strapped in, wearing her seat belt at the time that the debris hit the fuselage. cant see the damage from our vantage point, it...

Les, when you look at these pictures, what -- at this point, and obviously there is an investigation that needs to be done, but what do you see happening here? >> yeah. as with you, anderson, its very preliminary for me looking at those pictures. im not so sure its an engine situation. they aborted the takeoff for some particular reason. you know, the bottom line is this is a happy ending. this is the way emergencies are supposed to go. if you abort a takeoff, you abruptly stop the airplane. you...