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The most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it's only when you're standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we'll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours' time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the mission and do great things together. well, now we're going to have our own moonshot, ri...

We have sent something like that, a human rated spacecraft to the moon. for its maiden launch, the rocket will push a capsule called 0rion into deep space, where it will go into orbit around the moon before it returns to earth. no astronauts will be on board this time. this is a test flight. with such new technology, there are lots of things that could go wrong. we have done so much testing on this rocket. we've been through integrated testing. we've tested everything from the smallest material to every system. we've done everything we can do on the ground to eliminate the risk. from here, it'...

Here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we'll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours�* time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the mission and do great things together. well, now we're going to have our own moonshot, right? and so this is our generation, like, we get to now say we did it. if we do this successfully monday, we have sent something l...

To this launch. you know, ever since we rolled out to the pad last week, you can feel the excitement, the energy increase, and it's really, really palpable. after a 50—year gap, we're heading back to the moon, and it all starts here with the artemis mission and nasa's huge rocket. it's called the space launch system — or sls for short — and it's the most powerful rocket ever built by the us space agency. it stands nearly 100 metres — about 320 feet — tall, roughly the same height as a 32—storey building. its colossal size means it's really heavy, so it needs lots of power. three, t...