the status by queen victoria. good afternoon. nasa is to launch a new era of moon exploration. later today the most powerful rocket it s ever built will blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. the artemis test flight will orbit the moon and it s hoped will help pave the way for a crewed mission to the lunar surface in three years. our science editor, rebecca morelle reports. it s almost time. standing on launch pad 39b, the same one used by the apollo missions, the most powerful rocket nasa has ever built is ready for liftoff. the rocket is simply enormous. and it s only when you re standing here that you really get a sense of its size. and this is the last chance we ll see it up close. the launch pad is closing and fuelling is about to begin. because in just a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 years. we talk about moonshots as things that humans can do when we put our differences aside and we focus on the
yeah, i feel strongly. i believe. i believe what i m saying are the right things. and i think when you believe that what you re saying is the right things, you re. you re happy to stick your neck out on the line. manchester united are closing in on the biggest transfer of the summer so far with brazilian winger anthony on the verge of a move to old trafford. he worked with united bossd erik ten hag at ajax with the two clubs agreeing a fee in excess of £80 million. it would make him the fouth most expensive player in premier league history. today marks ten years since the opening ceremony of the london paralympics. baroness tanni grey thompson was involved in the bid and delivery of those games, and while she enjoyed the success of 2012 she thinks things can still improve in paris in 2024 and four years later in los angeles you cannot expect a couple of weeks to the olympics and a couple of weeks of the paralympics to change the world without a lot of other