Two, one, zero, all engine running.

From a New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.

This is a daily.

Nearly six decades after the United States put men on the moon.

It's one small step for man, one giant plate for mankind.

It is returning to that mission.

And today, a major step in that process will begin in Florida.

My colleague Ken Chang is there and explains why it is that the United States wants to go back to the moon.

It's Wednesday, April 1st.

Thank you. It's Wednesday, April 1st. Ken, welcome back to the Daily.

Good to be here again.

So we always turn to you when something big and meaningful is happening in space,

and something big and meaningful is happening today, weather permitting.

So does the weather permit this big and meaningful thing to happen on Wednesday?

Hopefully it looks good.

The forecast says 80% chance death is going to go,

but that means there's 20% chance that something doesn't quite clear up. Right. Okay, those are pretty good odds. So,

start by describing this mission. This is the first time that anyone's going close to the moon

in more than 53 years.

Wow.

Four astronauts are going to be blasting off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida,

and they're going to head out to the moon.

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