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>> counting down. >> the art miss rocket is finally on the launch pad ready to fly for the first time on monday. >> its no longer the apollo generation. its the artemis generation and that brings new discoveries. >> im pamela brown in washington. youre live in the cnn "newsroom." >> well, its nasas long overdue return to the moon, and t-minus just a few hours until hopefully launchtime of the u.s. space agencys most powerful rocket. the program is called artemis, the first phase blasti...

To us, so as weve pointed out earlier, a lot of excitement. maam, back to you. >> a lot for good reason. rachel crane, thanks so much. earlier this evening, i spoke with retired nasa astronaut leroy chou. >> well, its always exciting when theres a launch of a new vehicle, and this has been a long time coming this. rocket actually has more thrust, generates more thrust at liftoff than the saturn 5 moon rockets though it carries a little less payload into orbit. nonetheless, its an exciting thin...