than right here with us watching the skies, right? in a matter of hours nasa will try to launch its uncrewed artemis i rocket on a journey around the moon. we ll look at live pictures right now, preparations under way at kennedy space center in florida. liftoff, if all goes according to plan, is set at some point between 2:17 p.m. and 4:17 this evening. for now, the weather appears to be cooperating, but again, there could be a minor setback, amara. yeah. the artemis program aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon within the next few years and eventually send the first astronauts to mars. now, today s launch or scheduled launch, will come after the first attempt was scrubbed monday morning due to problems with an engine sensor and hydrogen leaks. both issues had been resolved, but now we re hearing that the nasa team has launched the stop they have stopped the
ritz. here to talk about this in more depth, former astronaut leroy chow. how cool is it that you re an astronaut and i m getting that talk to you this morning? it s great to be with you. you ve been on the launch pad at kennedy. what concerns you about a future manned mission on this rocket? this rocket is based on a lot of shuttle components. it reminded me, these hydrogen leaks, when i first joined nasa, we were involved in a lot of hydrogen leaks dealing with the shuttle. so it kind of brought back a few shudders there. liquid hydrogen of course very difficult to contain. this quick disconnect that was leaking had already been through four tanking cycles without any issues. it goes to show you these things can happen and do happen even with the best preparation. so unfortunately the leak rate
good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a moment, we ll bejoined by bbc one viewers for a full round up of the day s news with jane hill. but first, more on one of our top stories. and for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off earlier this evening but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. earlier, i spoke to adam baker who is a rocket engineer and visiting fellow at cranfield university s astronautics and space engineering course. i asked him how worried nasa will be about the apparent hydrogen leak. if you were riding on a rocket, it would be because for concern, you would absolutely want it fixed before you were willing to take a ride to the moon, but, of course, this is an unmanned rocket. hydrogen leaks, they happen, it is a tricky rocket
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good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a moment, we ll bejoined by bbc one viewers for a full round up of the day s news with jane hill. but first, more on one of our top stories. and for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off earlier this evening but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. earlier, i spoke to adam baker who is a rocket engineer and visiting fellow at cranfield university s astronautics and space engineering course. i asked him how worried nasa will be about the apparent hydrogen leak. if you were riding on a rocket, it would be because for concern, you would absolutely want it fixed before you were willing to take a ride to the moon, but, of course, this is an unmanned rocket. hydrogen leaks, they happen, it is a tricky rocket