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After months of setbacks, nasa's most powerful rocket was finally on its way — the start of humanity's return to the moon. we rise together, back to the moon, and beyond! it's an incredibly complex machine. it has so many components. to get 8.8 million pounds of thrust off the ground requires many systems that all have to work together perfectly, and it did just that today. no people are on board this time, but this test flight will show if it's safe for astronauts. the ultimate plan is to land the first woman and first person of colour on the moon. i wanted to be an astronaut from the time ...

That could be weeks or even months away. extensive repair work is needed, which could be done at the launchpad, but it's more likely the rocket will need to be rolled back into its engineering workshop. i know everyone's very excited to see this launch. i certainly am too. but it's very important that we get everything right, so that when this vehicle does have people on board we are really, truly good to go. this mission, if successful, will be nasa's first return to the moon in more than 50 years. the rocket will launch a small spacecraft and take it orbiting around the moon before its retur...

Sense of disappointment - what is the latest? there is a real sense of disappointment here - what is the latest? there is a real sense of disappointment here but| what is the latest? there is a real - sense of disappointment here but the problems started early on, and when the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was spotted, and several workarounds were tempted but these troubleshooting attempts did not work and the launch was postponed. in the last few hours the team has been poring over the data and they have just announced that extensive repair work is needed. this might take pl...

>> garrett, we certainly appreciate your insights here as someone who spent so much time in space. if you could stick around, stand by as we wait to get final word on what is happening at the kennedy space station. >> we did just get final word. i think we can call this breaking news. just seconds ago we learned that the launch for today has been scrubbed. there will be no launch today. the artemis i mission on pause, at least for a few more days. back with me now, miles o'brien and michio kaku, miles, what do you make of the decision? >> not surprising. it's a complex machine. it's never flow...

To answer some of those big existential questions like are we alone in the universe? and where did that first light in the universe come from? >> so what is the leap? how did that change things from being able to see things better to answering the questions? >> well, it lets them actually see into some of the atmospheres around some of these eso planets. once you can term what the planets are made of. then you can get insight into -- what exactly -- how they're formed and potentially if there is life, what exactly that may look like. you know, something else that was astounding yesterday. i me...