homes in northeast jackson. the next human boots will be a woman and a person of color on the moon and that inspiration to provide diversity in this type of environment. hello and welcome, it is monday, august 29 at 9 am in london and 4 am in florida where we are hours away from the launch of artemis one. the first steps in nasa s return to the moon. these are life photos of the launchpad in florida and the launch window is scheduled to open four and half hours from now. right now the launch team is dealing with a leak they observed. nasa says they are troubleshooting the issue but no word on whether this will impact the launch. this is the first of several missions to the moon in the years ahead. eventually the mission is to send humans back to the moon for the first time since 72 and one day nasa hopes to land the first humans on mars. this is set up as a test flight. one risk is radiation exposure, one of the goals of this mission is to mitigate those risks in the futu
orbit the moon with astronauts board and artemis iii for 2025 will land people at the moon s south pole. joining me now is kristen fisher live at the kennedy space center in florida. i love the nod to the program, calling this artemis. what s the significance of this mission if we ve been to the moon before? reporter: you know, a lot of people say that. the reason nasa wants to go back to the moon with the artemis program is two reasons one they want to leave behind more than flags and footprints. they want to build a base on the moon. one that astronauts can live on permanently. and part of the reason they want to do this is because china also has plans to build a base on the south pole of the moon, so there s a political competition element to it. and the other reason is they want to go to mars. nasa officials stress the moon is a proving ground and stepping point to some day get to mars, christine? how are the weather conditions there? is it likely to lift off in the t