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NASA successfully launched Artemis 1 at 01:47 a.m. EST (0647 GMT) from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Â
Artemis 1 is the first stage of a series of missions designed to send humans to the moon as part of the Artemis program. It is NASA’s first flight using the new Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and the Orion crew capsule.Â
The SLS rocket launched the Orion spacecraft on an approximate 25-day mission where it will orbit the moon and then return to Earth.Â
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You can see photos of the Artemis 1 launch here by clicking through the arrows above.Â
In this image, NASA’s SLS rocket soars into the Florida early morning sky on the Artemis 1 mission.Â
