With the artemis mission and nasa s huge rocket. it s called the space launch system, or sls for short, and it s the most powerful rocket ever built by the us space agency. it stands nearly 100 metres about 320 feet tall, roughly the same height as a 32 storey building. its colossal size means it s really heavy, so it needs lots of power. it has four engines, but even those aren t enough to get this rocket off the ground, so what it also needs are these two huge boosters. they all use fuel, and the biggest part, called the core stage, is full of fuel. in fact, fuel makes up 90% of the weight of this entire rocket. now, you might be wondering where the astronauts will go. well, it s here, near the top, in the orion crew capsule. but not this time. this is a test flight, so there are no people on board.
To be the first person of coiour to be the first person of colour and first american woman but the colour and first american woman but the first person from canada. but the first person from canada, from europe, from uk, from canada, from europe, from uk, from japan, canada, from europe, from uk, from japan, walking on the surface from japan, walking on the surface of the moon, so it is a global surface of the moon, so it is a global effort. surface of the moon, so it is a global effort- surface of the moon, so it is a global effort. lots of landmark rlobal global effort. lots of landmark global events global effort. lots of landmark global events and global effort. lots of landmark global events and always - global effort. lots of landmark global events and always a - global events and always a danger when humans are involved. how nervous all the teams be about that?- involved. how nervous all the teams be about that? they have not done this teams be about that? the
This is bbc news. i m simon pusey. our top stories. three, two, one. mission to the moon nasa gives the go ahead for its latest test flight artemis will launch next monday. we are go for launch, which is absolutely outstanding. this day has been a long time coming. lawyers for donald trump take legal action following the raid on his florida home claiming it was an attempt to stop him running for office. when the lights go out shanghai s skyline is cast into darkness as china s severe drought leads to a power shortage. and return of the liberator brazil s first emperor arrives to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least part of him does!
Marin, cof welcome to bbc news i m simon pusey. our top stories. three, two, one. mission to the moon nasa gives the go ahead for its latest test flight artemis will launch next monday. we are go for launch, which is absolutely outstanding. this day has been a long time coming. lawyers for donald trump take legal action following the raid on his florida home claiming it was an attempt to stop him running for office. when the lights go out shanghai s skyline is cast into darkness as china s severe drought leads to a power shortage. and return of the liberator brazil s first emperor arrives to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least part of him does!
So, its huge heat shield protects it while the temperature rises to nearly 3,000 degrees celsius. a series of parachutes open, massively slowing it down, before splash down in the pacific ocean. we can noew speak to keith cowing, who is a former nasa employee and now editor of website nasa watch. a lot of fuss, about this, a lot of celebrity appearances, can you in lemmens terms sum up why there is so much excitement around this? i why there is so much excitement around this? around this? i am a child of the apollo around this? i am a child of the apollo generation. - around this? i am a child of the apollo generation. i - around this? i am a child ofi the apollo generation. i am around this? i am a child of - the apollo generation. i am 67. i went the apollo generation. i am 67. i went through all of this as a kid, i went through all of this as a kid. i i went through all of this as a kid. i was i went through all of this as a kid, i was told that he would land kid, i was t