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
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and not down at the cape to see this with my own eyes. but as far as the problems go, it s not surprising. this is a very complicated, very large rocket, getting everything to work perfectly the very first time to launch it is not something that usually happens on something this complicated. so, if it s not today, it will be some day in the near future. hey, this is a test flight. that s why they do these things, to get it smooth and all the bugs worked out. one thing we re hearing and we were listening to engineers and flight directors talk about what the situation is, but it s a bleed in engine 3. you re looking at a close-up of the engines of this rocket down there. what does that mean to you, necessarily? the well, what that means is you want to flow a little of the super cold propellants into the engine before you light them up. it s called thermal conditioning. you want to get it to the right temperature. that s a if you can t get that to work, that s a problem. and i know