abortion even though her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal condition. i want you to imagine what it s been like to continue this pregnancy for another six weeks after this diagnosis. the woman at the center of the controversy shares her story. meantime, nasa s most powerful rocket is set for monday s moon mission launch. artemis is on the launch pad and ready to fly. now we re going back to the moon to stay, to live, to learn, to build. and a missouri school district reinstates paddling as punishment. but would you want your children spanked at school? it s something we don t anticipate using frequently. this is an opt-in only option for parents. i m pamela brown in wash washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. and just into the cnn newsroom, a federal judge has scheduled a thursday hearing to consider donald trump s request for a special master to oversee the fbi s review of evidence. she says she has preliminary attempt to make that appointment. just on
moon. our sights are set clearly on mars. reporter: but first, it has to pass this uncrewed test flight with only mannequins on board. artemis won the launch in florida and mission control is at the johnson space center in houston, texas. this is apollo control, houston. reporter: the same place that controlled every apollo and shuttle mission. this is where it happens as far as human space flight. reporter: rick is in charge of it all as lead flight director. they have been training in this room for this moment for over three years. when flight day comes, it s a whole different ball game. it s when it really gets real. reporter: after launch, the sls rocket will separate from the o ryan crew capsule on top. o ryan will fly a quarter of a million miles to the moon and then go 40,000 miles beyond it farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever flown. we re going to swing by the moon and when we swing by it on the way there, we ll be 60 miles
machine more than 50 years after the nasa mission, looking to get humans back on the moon. reporter: it s been a long time since nasa had it own candle to light. 11 years since the last launch, 50 years since the last launch of the apollo program but now, apollo s twin sister artemis is on the launch pad ready to fly. to all of us that gaze up in the moon, dreaming of the day humankind returns to the lunar surface. reporter: the rocket sls is years behind schedule, billions over budget but it s also the host powerful rocket ever built and it s designed to launch people even deeper into space than the moon. our sights are not set on the