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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. ...

of frost so that could just be frost, it could be the result of a crack, so the teams are looking into that, but also an engine issue. engine number 3 on the core stage, the core stage is that orange huge middle part of the rocket that you see. one of the four engines is not performing as expected right now. as you pointed out there is a two-hour launch window but all of these delays have added up so it's unclear right now if the teams will be able to troubleshoot these issues but also if they would be able -- if they are able to troubleshoot these issues if they will be able to make...

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 po...

space center where the uncrewed artemis i mission is scheduled to lift off between 8:33 and 10:33 a.m. here's the thing, there are technical issues right now. a hydrogen leak and potentially an engine problem threatening this morning's 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 the next few years and ultimately serve as a way to get to mars. lets get the very latest on where t...

ready for lift—off again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon — five days after technical problems scuppered its first attempt. (sot) it is not unusual for a rocket, it is not unusualfor a rocket, a new rocket to experience setbacks or delays but the team are confident they can overcome this and all eyes will be on the launch pad. we start in russia. mourners in moscow are queueing to pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who died on tuesday at the age of 91. later today, he will be buried in the c...