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blastoff. nasa will try to launch the rocket again on friday for the six-week test flight if it can the fix that engine. if it is successful, artemis is poised to carry astronauts back to the moon nearly 50 years since astronauts last walked on the moon. new fallout from the fbi search of president trumps florida home. the director of national intelligence is launching an assessment of the potential risk to national security, including to human intelligence sources. a florida judge a...

either they win or they were cheated. now the monthly jobs report is out today showing continued strength in some sectors. weakness in a few others. >> with todays news, we have now created nearly 10 million new jobs since i took office. bottom line is, jobs are up, wages are up, people are back to work and were seeing some signs that inflation may be -- may be -- im not over promising, may be beginning to ease. >> i will talk to treasury secretary janet yellen about the jobs numbers...

This unmanned mission is a fact finding mission. they are going to be doing a ton of science experiments here. there are mannequins on board, wearing radiation vests. there are sensors testing vibration and acceleration. eventually, its to be able to outfit the orion space capsule with humans and bring the first female and the first person of color to the moon. eventually, tom, to colonize the moon. and eventually to go to mars. and of course, you ask some space geeks, somehow there are doubts a...

It was a big year for space geeks, especially those who had billions of dollars to burn to get out of this world while also starting a side hustle in space tourism. do not sleep on nasa and its latest mission to mars. the space races are heating up again. tom costello has more. >> reporter: if 2021 proved anything, its that the age of civilian space flight is here, if youre rich, famous or you know somebody who is. a billionaire paid for three civilian astronauts to join him on a three-day space...

Its possible. two, there are so many doors being opened. and i guess the path for me is in my ph.d. program, im looking to make myself as competitive as possible for the astronaut corp.s. and so when im finished with this ph.d. program, i look to apply and i look to continue to just contribute to space exploration as it pertains to go to space, as it pertains to building the vehicles, as it pertains to all the behind the scenes that dr. jamison was talking about because this is just the top of t...

Policy? does nasa now have to change his plans or was he just expressing an opinion? thats a mystery. coming up on "apollo 11" this summer. a big summer full of space celebration events. i think a lot of space geeks would like to focus, to be on mars, to go somewhere where you have not been before. the president might be onto something with this focus on mars. >> if they want to focus on space, you have a new podcast. >> apolo and beyond the moon. apolo podcast. talking about the anniversary. >>...

A single ticket matched all six months of last nights $530 million mega millions jackpot drawing. they are 17, 19, 27, 40, 68, and the gold megaball, 2. the jackpot is the seventh largest in the history of the game. congratulations to them. president trumps newest nasa tweet has confused everyone on social media. in this tweet the president appears to be backing off his earlier goal of putting americans back on the moon by 2024. as brian stelter now explains, eight on to mars. -- its on to mar...

Fights. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. president trump has also been thinking about the united states role in space. >> he has been beefing up the space agencys budget, bullpen now he is changing his mind about its goals. brian stelzer explains now it is on to mars. >> reporter: yeah, this is a bit of a flip-flop from president trump from it makes space geeks very happy. they want to see america or some other country land on mars and that is what trump is now emphasizing. in a tweet on friday, ...

The insight probe on mars, tasked with looking at the interior of the red planet and just days into the new year, chinas space agency landed its own probe on the little examined dark side of the moon. joining me now, the agency grabbing so many headlines lately. administer bride enstein, thank you for being with us. >> its good to be here. >> we are space geeks on this show. theres a lot i want to talk about space, but nasa is one of the government agencies sounding the alarm and more frequently...

Minutes. it is being followed all the way on its journey, which has been 300 million miles and 6 1/2 months by two satellites marco a and marco b. they have been transmitting back the information and have just confirmed, as you heard there from the exciting mission control room, that it has indeed landed. were in a room with a lot of media and lot of what i would describe as space geeks. all extremely excited that this has happened successfully. this was the riskiest part of this mission. it beg...