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
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