send in the red team, a team of very highly skilled technicians to go do this because they re going into a blast zone, i mean, a fully fueled rocket is essentially look a big bomb. they had to go there and tighten these nuts and bolts. they were able to make that fix and when nasa announced the rocket was ready to fly, we got another error from the u.s. space force which operates this range saying there was a problem with, get this, an ethernet connector. just imagine if it had been an ether net connector that stopped this rocket from lifting off. they were able to fix it in the last minute, max and bianca. the it s headed to the moon and should be there in five or six days. it will come back to earth and splash down into november. thank you very much. setting up camp on the moon. i am no astronaut but you
morgan chesky right outside, very close to where this rocket will be taking off. what are you seeing there? reporter: jose, these final preparations are now underway. that crew safely inside that capsule. and we just have a few minutes now before we re going to see what is a one of a kind sight, no matter where you are. and that is a rocket lifting off from the west texas desert floor, and rising more than 60 miles above the earth s surface. we were not this close last time, at least i was not. i was in the neighboring city of van horn, but you could see that ignition and see that rocket go skyward. it sticks you forever. but to now just be a few miles from where that rocket will be lifting off, we ll have a much different scene here, on a blue sky sunshine day, from what looks to be a pretty perfect flight. that hold temporarily went about 18 minutes before being lifted,
he was in star trek s had naefr r never really been to space. how safe is it? first of all, i m jealous. i would love to do that. i think it is amazing all that is happening. i mean, i think that there is obviously risks involved. but this isn t the days of the right stuff, john. there is people who john glenn, in fact, went up in 1998, he was 77 years old. wally funk recently, she went up, 82 years old, went up on the first blue origin space flight. so there is about 3 gs you pull when you re lifting off. coming down is probably the hardest part, this is about 11 minutes or so the entire flight. but that s kind of like coming down part, the descent is similar to some roller coasters. there is no specific physical criteria that one needs to pass to go up into space. very different than early space flight.
they were, of course, utterly distraught, and also furious at the accusation they had anything to do with isis. in fact, a number of the family members who were killed had worked with american aid organisations, american troops, even, in afghanistan. the family had in fact been hoping to be relocated as part of the evacuation scheme to the us. now we know, and it s confirmed that the intelligence was wrong, of course. this is an incredibly grim end to a largely bringing an end to american military involvement in afghanistan. one key thing to remember is that we know more about this strike because it took place in kabul. so many others in the past happened in more rural areas, much more difficult to get accurate information about them. lifting off, the taliban s new air force. on board, their fighters. in the cockpit, their former enemies pilots from the previous government.
of family members who were killed had worked with american aid organisations, american forces, even, in afghanistan. the family had been hoping to be evacuated out to america. this is an incredibly grim way to bring an end to this chapter in american involvement in afghanistan. meanwhile, here, there is a deepening economic crisis also increasing concern about whether the taliban will respect women s rights or not. they seem to have today replaced the women affairs ministry with a ministry for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice that has a very notorious reputation from their previous stint in power. at the same time, the taliban seem to be reaching out to a number of former government employees trying to encourage them to come back to work. here is our report filmed by my colleague. lifting off, the taliban s new air force. on board, their fighters. in the cockpit, their former enemies pilots from the previous government. the fleet now under