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Years delayed and billions of dollars over budget. this is the first major step, this flight test that is set to happen monday morning, 70% favorable weather conditions right now so it's really looking good -- >> fingers crossed. >> they have to do this test launch to test the heat shield, which will experience hotter temperatures than any spacecraft nasa has ever flown upon re-entry. 5,000 degrees. this heat shield they need to make sure it can withstand those temperatures before they put human beings on that spacecraft. it's going to be traveling over a million miles so this is really a test...

Wrong signal. that's the argument in favor of a visit like this. all eyes are going to be on beijing. once this -- as this visit proceeds, as she likely meets the president of taiwan, what will china do? and the expectation is, they'll be even more provocative military exercises. there's concern they might fire off some ballistic missiles in the taiwan straight, a test launch that would be extremely provocative. they've already been kind of pushing the envelope now, flying military aircraft near taiwan. there's also a possibility of some kind of economic action over time. that they might try t...

SpaceX is gearing up for its Starship tests and launches, coming soon. SpaceX is looking at taking the next step for its Starship venture, and it would be to bring the rocket for test launches and determine its capabilities for future use.

The US space agency has determined that its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket is ready for the Artemis 1 flight test.

Nasa tried to do it with their sls rocket. so fingers crossed fourth time is the charm here. this is a program that has years delayed and lots of cost overruns. there has been several problems leading up to today, so this is a really critical moment for nasa that this proceeds forward, they're hoping to have their first test launch of sls later this summer and cannot proceed forward until this wet dress rehearsal goes off smoothly. and then, of course, after that first unprcrude test launch, that's when we get to the crude launches. a lot of excitement here, a lot of eyeballs on this test, bec...