orbit the moon with astronauts board and artemis iii for 2025 will land people at the moon s south pole. joining me now is kristen fisher live at the kennedy space center in florida. i love the nod to the program, calling this artemis. what s the significance of this mission if we ve been to the moon before? reporter: you know, a lot of people say that. the reason nasa wants to go back to the moon with the artemis program is two reasons one they want to leave behind more than flags and footprints. they want to build a base on the moon. one that astronauts can live on permanently. and part of the reason they want to do this is because china also has plans to build a base on the south pole of the moon, so there s a political competition element to it. and the other reason is they want to go to mars. nasa officials stress the moon is a proving ground and stepping point to some day get to mars, christine? how are the weather conditions there? is it likely to lift off in the t
the artemis program aims to land humans on the unexplored lunar south pole of the moon in the next few years and ultimately serve as a way to get to mars. nasa administrator bill nelson says we re returning to the moon to live, work and survive. let s get right to the kennedy space center, cnn s space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is there. kristen, how are we looking so far? reporter: it is too soon to say, john. nasa has already successfully troubleshooted two big issues this morning, that s the good news. the first issue was they made it through some pretty severe potential lightning storms that were a little too close to the launch pad for comfort for fueling, and then the other big issue was they encountered a hydrogen link leak during the fueling of that big main core stage, that s that burnt orange main part of the rocket that you can see on the launch pad. they encountered some similar issues during previous tests, but this time they were successfully a
orbit the moon with astronauts board and artemis iii for 2025 will land people at the moon s south pole. joining me now is kristen fisher live at the kennedy space center in florida. i love the nod to the program, calling this artemis. what s the significance of this mission if we ve been to the moon before? reporter: you know, a lot of people say that. the reason nasa wants to go back to the moon with the artemis program is two reasons one they want to leave behind more than flags and footprints. they want to build a base on the moon. one that astronauts can live on permanently. and part of the reason they want to do this is because china also has plans to build a base on the south pole of the moon, so there s a political competition
warning of the fed tipping the u.s. economy into recession. nothing in raising the interest rates, nothing in jerome powell s tool bag that deals with those. and he has admitted as much in congressional hearings when i asked him about it. do you know what s worse than high prices and a strong economy? it s high prices and millions of people out of work. i m very worried that the fed is going to tip this economy into recession. senator warren has been a critic of the fed chief and the strategy. we ll wait to see what happens next. nasa set to launch the most powerful rocket this morning, details on the mission to return people to the moon next. plus taylor swift dropping a bombshell at the mtv video music awards last night. i thought it might be a fun moment to tell you that what she announced next.
countdown there and when the launch happens a little more than a couple hours for now. thank you for joining me on early start i m christine romans. new day picks it up right now. , ii and iii. artemis i. in the u.s. and around the world, it is monday, august 29th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. here in a matter of hours the united states is hoping to embark on its return to the moon. you are looking at live images from the kennedy space center where the uncrewed artemis i mission is set to lift off between 8:33 a.m. and 10:33 a.m. eastern. right now the weather does appear to be cooperating. artemis i will fly around the moon with three mannequins, including one nicknamed commander moon a kin campos.