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blastoff. nasa will try to launch the rocket again on friday for the six-week test flight if it can the fix that engine. if it is successful, artemis is poised to carry astronauts back to the moon nearly 50 years since astronauts last walked on the moon. new fallout from the fbi search of president trump's florida home. the director of national intelligence is launching an assessment of the potential risk to national security, including to human intelligence sources. a florida judge appointed by trump is prepared to grant his request for an independent official to review everything...

either they win or they were cheated. now the monthly jobs report is out today showing continued strength in some sectors. weakness in a few others. >> with today's news, we have now created nearly 10 million new jobs since i took office. bottom line is, jobs are up, wages are up, people are back to work and we're seeing some signs that inflation may be -- may be -- i'm not over promising, may be beginning to ease. >> i will talk to treasury secretary janet yellen about the jobs numbers and today's big g7 announcement that the world's leading economies are capping the price of russ...

This unmanned mission is a fact finding mission. they are going to be doing a ton of science experiments here. there are mannequins on board, wearing radiation vests. there are sensors testing vibration and acceleration. eventually, it's to be able to outfit the orion space capsule with humans and bring the first female and the first person of color to the moon. eventually, tom, to colonize the moon. and eventually to go to mars. and of course, you ask some space geeks, somehow there are doubts about how lofty those goals are. but this is absolutely incredible step in the right direction. >> t...

It was a big year for space geeks, especially those who had billions of dollars to burn to get out of this world while also starting a side hustle in space tourism. do not sleep on nasa and its latest mission to mars. the space races are heating up again. tom costello has more. >> reporter: if 2021 proved anything, it's that the age of civilian space flight is here, if you're rich, famous or you know somebody who is. a billionaire paid for three civilian astronauts to join him on a three-day spacex trip around the earth, raising an astonishing $220 million for st. jude's children's hospital. >...

It's possible. two, there are so many doors being opened. and i guess the path for me is in my ph.d. program, i'm looking to make myself as competitive as possible for the astronaut corp.s. and so when i'm finished with this ph.d. program, i look to apply and i look to continue to just contribute to space exploration as it pertains to go to space, as it pertains to building the vehicles, as it pertains to all the behind the scenes that dr. jamison was talking about because this is just the top of the pyramid. and so i'm just excited for the different opportunities that this type of exploration...