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
the artemis program aims to land humans on the unexplored lunar south pole of the moon in the next few years and ultimately serve as a way to get to mars. nasa administrator bill nelson says we re returning to the moon to live, work and survive. let s get right to the kennedy space center, cnn s space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is there. kristen, how are we looking so far? reporter: it is too soon to say, john. nasa has already successfully troubleshooted two big issues this morning, that s the good news. the first issue was they made it through some pretty severe potential lightning storms that were a little too close to the launch pad for comfort for fueling, and then the other big issue was they encountered a hydrogen link leak during the fueling of that big main core stage, that s that burnt orange main part of the rocket that you can see on the launch pad. they encountered some similar issues during previous tests, but this time they were successfully a
he said the word pain twice and that really sent investors running. summer doldrums, yeah, right. once minor economic reports are now scrutinized for any clues on how well the federal reserve a battling the inflation. housing news earlier in week, you have some manufacturing numbers, jobless claims, construction spending and we finish the week with a big jobs report friday. the fed is in the midst of this epic tightening cycle, this epic tightening mission, this has raised interest rates four times in near, clearly is not done yet. the suggestion from the fed chief that more large rate hikes are on the table unraveling the summer rally in the stock market friday. the s&p 500 down more than 3% and it s looking weak again in morning, despite the gloom and the hawkish fed, interesting here, the job market has remained quite robust, quite frankly. the jobless rate near a 50-year low of 3.5%. will the fed s medicine result in job losses? senator elizabeth warren said the fed chief runs th
these are the unfortunate costs of reducing inflation. but a failure to restore price stability would mean far greater pain. pain, that word. summer dull drums, right. no way. once minor economic reports are scrutinized for any clues how the federal reserve is battling red hot inflation. housing news early this week, an august jobs report friday, the fed has raised interest rates three time this is year and is not done. the suggestion from the fed chief that more large rate hikes are on the table, unraveling the late summer rally, down more than 3% and looking weak again this morning. despite the gloom, though, this is important despite the gloom and the hawkish fed, the job rate is strong. near a 50 year jobless rate low. will the fed s medicine result in job losses? elizabeth warren this weekend