of frost so that could just be frost, it could be the result of a crack, so the teams are looking into that, but also an engine issue. engine number 3 on the core stage, the core stage is that orange huge middle part of the rocket that you see. one of the four engines is not performing as expected right now. as you pointed out there is a two-hour launch window but all of these delays have added up so it s unclear right now if the teams will be able to troubleshoot these issues but also if they would be able if they are able to troubleshoot these issues if they will be able to make up that time and make up make this launch window today. if they are not able to make this launch window there is another potential launch date of september 2nd, also a backup to the backup of september 5th. i want to remind our viewers that this is a test launch here and that rocket behind me has never flown. so there have been several issues that nasa has dealt with over the years in terms of,
the mission s ambitious agenda remains landing the first woman and first person of color on the moon. this by 2025. also going further afield, ultimately getting humans to land on the surface of mars. but before we get there, artemis 1 will need to fly around the moon using the most powerful rocket to launch since saturn 5 took astronauts to the moon for the last time back in 1972. space and defense correspondent kristin fisher is live from kennedy space center. you are ready to see it take off like we all were, so tell us what what the final issue really was here that led to this scrub. reporter: yeah, the nasa administrator, bill nelson, put it simply. he said, we don t launch until it s right. and today it wasn t right. the main issue, the final issue ended up being an issue with one of the main rocket engines, and i m going to show you what i m talking about with this model of the space shuttle, it s not the sls artemis rocket, but it s similar. essentially th
mohit you in your basket fruity pebble protein shakes. that s what i would do. yeah. no. i pour water in my own bag accident emily sometimes delivered jake tapper. so does he doesn t do that. he doesn t hold water just one week right here on cnn, biden and trump facing off. the lead starts right now we are literally just days away from what will kick off a critical stretch of the 2024 campaign. a debate and then right after it to conventions and in the midst of it, all the us supreme court ready to roll on presidential immunity and more and the campus arrest video scene around the world, police using tactical vehicles to get protests crews out of hamilton hall at columbia university. and now those protesters are having their day in court plus what exactly is going on in the south china sea right now? now a philippine ships sandwich by the chinese coast guard got violent quickly with multiple service members injured. it is a clear escalation and it could have serious imp
Optimistic going into the negotiations merkels conservatives are holding the preliminary talks with the center left Social Democrats after previous talks with other parties failed sticking points this time around are expected to be germanys refugee all seized and his approach to european integration. Lets have a listen to what mark on the social democrat leader Martin Schultz had to say as talks got underway. Because the c. D. U. Is going into these talks with the aim of creating the conditions to form a stable government. Thats because we believe that the tasks ahead for which we have the voters mandate are enormous in terms of Foreign Policy challenges european challenges and also in domestic affairs. We all sensed that the challenges for a new federal government however at me luker be structured lie in that the new year and which we all live must also include a new kind of politics in this sense we will conduct the negotiations here
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All working in synchronicity, which is kind of the fact that it ever worked at all is pretty amazing. Back here in the Space Shuttle Flight control room, monitoring columbias systems in preparation for the first Shuttle Launch of the year. Thank you very much. The Ascent Team is led by Flight Director Leroy Cain for todays launch. Okay, folks. One ops, one, count to 20. As a Flight Controller in mission control, sts107 was my second mission. For me, it was always when you got the tminus 10 Minute Hold and you give the final Go No go for launch. That is kind of the moment where you realize that this is about to get real. Go no go for launch, final. Guidance . Gc . Prop . Gnc . Max . For me personally, i could feel my Adrenaline Gland just go and then my Heart Rate pick up a little bit. You ready for g1 launch target