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Says that on monday, artemis one is eventually going to help put a person on mars. cnn's kristen fisher has the details. >> reporter: well, it has been such a long time since nasa had one of its own rockets designed to carry astronauts into space. it's been 11 years since the last space shuttle launch, 50 years since the last launch of the apollo program, but now apollo's mythological twin sister artemis is sitting at the launch pad at the kennedy space center just days away from making its first flight. and part of the reason nasa wants to go back to the moon is because this time around they ...

Most complex system that has been put into space yet. >> first time i saw "columbia" and got close to it, my whole thought was oh, my god, it's big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy it's going somewhere. >> america's first space...

Would commute to space carrying scientists and satellites. >> the most important thing was the digital revolution of faster, more powerful computers with complex software. >> computers are absolutely necessary to fly a spacecraft like the shuttle. it's the most sophisticated, most complex system that has been put into space yet. >> first time i saw "columbia" and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh my god, it's big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning if witness firsthand the first space sh...

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And got close to it, my whole thought was oh, my god, it's big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy it's going somewhere. >> america's first space shuttle and the shuttle has cleared the tower. >> "columbia" houston, you're going 4...