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The long countdown to launch of NASA's Artemis I mission to the moon continued as planned Friday while weather odds saw improvement along the way.

If they are really gonna fix this thing, they would have to roll it back to the vehicle assembly building behind me. this has not been announced yet. this may be the problem. this is what nasa fears. if they have to fix it in this building, that means that they have to send this rocket on its wheels. it is a 30 story object. that is for miles back to this. thing that could set us off track fundamentally. at this hour, it is not looking terribly likely this thing is gonna go up today. >> such a big deal. it is gonna be a big launch when it happens. it got scrubbed on monday. we have not officia...

For now, that clock is stillicking down with about 4 -- still ticking down with about 4 hours and 14 minutes to go. artemis is the strongest rocket ever made, set for a journey around the moon, going further than any other spacecraft. the focus is to do a stress test on it. they'll have 2 the hours to lift off starting at i 2:17 this afternoon. there's a 60% chance of good weather at the start of the launch window, and the conditions should get better towards the end, increasing to an 80% chance of favorable weather. nasa astronaut ann mcclain says weather has a say in whether we launch or not...

Florida. nasa is once again going to try to launch the massive artemis i rocket, to send unmanned orion spacecraft on historic journey around the moon. this is a live ak the artemis i rocket as the sun is rising at kennedy space center. liftoff is scheduled for a two-hour window, starting at about 2:17 p.m. moments ago, nasa gave the go ahead to start fueling for launch, so it looks like this is going to happen, especially because the weather appears to be cooperating. right now there's a 60% chance of favorable weather during that launch window. >> but all eyes are on the artemis rocket's thi...

Is this leak repairable, in your opinion, before the launch window closes or in time to meet the launch window? >> well, amara, i'm not 100% sure, but i'm not the guy making that decision. so there's some really smart people. mike serafin is a friend of mine, i worked with him in mission control for years at nasa, he's the program manager and a lot of smart people are looking into this. i think the rocket ship is in good hands. it could be something that might delay them for another day. it might be something, as miles said, these things, hydrogen, cryogenic fuels, there's always some leakage,...