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 things stand right now at the kennedy space center. cnn s kristin fisher is there. what can you tell us? reporter: well, guys, i think it s important to remember that this is only a test flight. it is the very first time this artemis rocket, the sls rocket and the orion crew capsule on top, has ever flown. we knew there was a very good chance that they were going to run into issues today. knew the
the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill, as amended, is passed. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, contains the biggest climate investment in u.s. history. it also makes big changes to health care policies. it s headed to the house later this week after enduring more than a year of pain staking debate of more than 15 hours of a vote-a-rama delirium on capitol hill. manu raju is on capitol hill for us. this was once called the build back better agenda for joe biden. he didn t get everything he wanted, but they got a lot of what they initially were going after. how did it get resolved? there was some last-minute drama here. reporter: yeah, this capped more than a year of negotiations within the democratic party. you mentioned the build back better agenda. this is scaled back from this, but still significant in size and scope, dealing with health care, drug prices, climate and energy issues, imposing a new 15% corporate minimum tax that make mor
right now it is looking like the artemis i launch may be pushed back after several technical issues this morning. a hydrogen leak, also a potential engine problem threatening lift-off for the window that is just opening weather wise for the next two hours. joining us is former nasa astronaut garrett reeseman who spent more than 100 days in space and performed three spacewalks. he took this space selfie in 2010. you can actually see part of the space station and earth in his visor. very cool there. so, we wanted to have you on as we were watching this thing get ready to go here, but it s looking like this may be in jeopardy. what are you thinking as you hear about some of these issues that they re having today? well, i ll tell you, brianna, i m having some pretty major fomo sitting in this hotel room
in 2013. i feel a lot of water on the back of my head. reporter: water from the cooling tubes was sleeking into his helmet, and he almost drowned. for a couple of minutes there, maybe more than that, i experienced what it s like to be a gold fish in a fish bowl. reporter: it s a nightmare scenario, according to astronaut garrett reeseman, who became the first space suit engineer at spacex. if you fill the helmet, you can t breathe. and you can t take it off. so you re in a bad, bad place. it got very serious. reporter: nasa has stopped all space walks until the faulty space suit is returned to earth for inspection. even if it s fixed, the underlying problem is that these space suits are decades old, and there s not many left. that big white space suit has