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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 20240604 20:03:00

they re gonna do some visual inspections, and then they actually hook some cables onto it. the uss portland will actually pull out of the water, they bring it back to the navy base in san diego, and then back to the kennedy space center, where they do some more intensive tests. but big picture here, this is exactly what nasa needed in order to move forward with its artemis program. this was the uncrewed test flight and now they are going to be able to start thinking about who they re going to put on the crew of artemis two, which is going to be circling, orbiting the moon, so to speak. and then artemis 3 which is going to be when they are going to return american astronauts to the moon for the first time since the apollo program. some of the images that you re seeing there, that is of the orion spacecraft as it is making its to send through the earth atmosphere. this was, a gym, one of the most critical tests today, testing that heat shield,

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta 20240604 21:46:00

to all of us that gaze up at the moon dreaming of the day humankind returns to the lunar surface, folks, we re here. reporter: the sls is years behind schedule, billions over budget. but it s also the most 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 moon. our sights are set clearly on mars. reporter: but first it has to pass this uncrewed test flight with only mannequins onboard. artemis will launch from the kennedy space center but 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 all happens as far as human space flight. reporter: rick is in charge of it all but he and his team have been training in this room for this moment for over three

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom Live 20240604 07:54:00

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 1 will launch from the kennedy space center in florida. 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 all happens as far as human spaceflight. reporter: rick labrote is in charge as lead flight director. his team 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 orion crew capsule on top. orion will fly 250,000 miles to the moon, then 40,000 miles beyond, farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever flown. we re going to swing by the moon. when we swing by it on the way

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Pamela Brown 20240604 22:53:00

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

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