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space center where the uncrewed artemis i mission is scheduled to lift off between 8:33 and 10:33 a.m. here's the thing, there are technical issues right now. a hydrogen leak and potentially an engine problem threatening this morning's launch. >> the plan is for artemis one to eventually fly around the moon with three mannequins, including one named commander moonequin. nearly 50 years ago apollo went to the moon. the artemis plans to land humans on the lunar south pole of the moon in the next few years and ultimately serve as a way to get to mars. lets get the very latest on where t...

the issue that came up was an engine bleed that couldn't be remedied, but the rocket is currently in a stable configuration. >> when it ultimately does take off, the artemis i will set the stage for nasa's goal to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon by 2025, and eventually tackle human exploration of mars. >> and a lot of new experiments for the moon. cnn's space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is live at the kennedy space center. a lot of stops and starts, questions if they could complete this and now the scrub. do we know the full scope? are rt w...

>> at last check, they've tried a few different ways to troubleshoot it, to fix the problem. no word yet on whether they've been able to stop it at this point. this follows monday's scrubbed launch which was largely due to an engine cooling problem. it was a tricky sensor that was off. but engineers remain optimistic that today there will be a launch. for now, the weather has been cooperating so that helps. nasa meteorologists predict about 60% favorable conditions, which increases to 80% as the day goes on. of course this historic mission marks the next chapter of lunar exploration ...

cnn's pete muntean and cnn aerospace analyst myles o'brien joins me now. pete, let's start here. what is the latest on what is happened with the suspect and do we know anything new about what they were doing up there. >> reporter: sessentially the pilot lives to tell the tale, but likely in a courtroom. from two different government sources that the plane that was stolen earlier this morning, around 5:00 a.m., from the tupelo regional airport, according to the tupelo, police, crashed near ashland, mississippi. it flew around the area for about five hours. police in tupelo say they in...

anyone else. and i believe that we had what you would think would be the best case scenario. >> it was the best case scenario, because nobody was injured. cnn's peteman team and nadia romero joins us now live, thank you both for joining me. pete, first to you, what more have we learned? there were quite a few details in that press conference. >> reporter: the tupelo mayor said something so interesting, that cory wayne patterson, the person piloting the plane, apparently changed his mind. he wanted to hurt people on the ground after he stole this beechcraft commuter plane. it seats si...