On Saturday, NASA’s Artemis rocket attempts to take off for the second time from NASA's modernized Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

According to BBC news, the lift-off scheduled for Monday had to be scrubbed when one of four engines on the vehicle would not cool down to its required operating temperature.

According to NASA, the Artemis mission is to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before.

Brixx Minguez, General Manager of Shippensburg University’s Television Station, who interviewed astronauts and the Head of Space Exploration at the press site during the first attempt to launch the rocket said, the name Artemus comes from an ancient lunar goddess turned feminist icon, which is significant because they're bringing the first woman to the moon.

"There is this moment when you're getting to the end of your interviews with each person and you ask them, 'Any final words about the launch?' and people start to cry and say that this is their dream coming true. This is their childhood. This is what they've waited their whole lives for," Brixx said.

They also said it took everyone that played a part in creating the Artemis rocket 10 or more years to do so.

“We are going to the moon to stay,” NASA said. Brixx said what NASA meant by this statement is they're training astronauts to build a permanent moon base with Artemis mission.

Brixx said she hopes the issues that caused Monday's launch date to be scrubbed will be addressed for a successful launch Saturday.

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