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Ignition. lift off, artemis 1. we rise together, back to the moon, and beyond. >> roaring off launchpad 39 be at the kennedy space center, the next chapter in america's love affair with all things space. >> engines on the core stage, and tucson rocket boosters, not propelling the vehicle at 128 miles per hour. >> nasa's artemis rocket, the most powerful ever built, headed for a multi day, uncrewed orbit, around the moon. a test flight, before astronauts, including a woman, and person of color, climb inside of the orion spaceship, and head for a lunar landing. perhaps, within two, to five years...

Ignition lift lift off, off of go falcon. l.e.d. falcon. falcon, go, go. >> february 2nd in california, spacex launched a classified government satellite into orbit. in our or l 87. >> state separation confirmed. >> believed to be a top secret state of the art space satellite that the pentagon said it will support -- for its mission. within months, russia launched its own spy satellite, cosmos 20 5:58. placing it in the same orbit and just beneath the u.s. satellite. >> that's really irresponsible. >> in an exclusive interview, space command forced general james dickinson said russia might be ...

Engaged to the new race across the lunar surface. how do you see this play out? >> we've already been there. in that sense, it's not a race. however, that we don't have the capacity to which is back, and it is a race when it is run anymore. because american pride, china gets there before us there is trying to bruises a little. they say, okay, it is a geopolitical decision, so yes, let's go for it. >> using infrared satellites, every rocket, and missed a launch, or anywhere in the world, is immediately tracked here. >> with the situation. >> a warning officer. a daytime of 09382. >> at us space...

NBC News explores challenges in a potential battlefield that is complex, congested and contested.

>> keeping watch over america's military and spy satellites is the top priority at this classified space force off-centre. more than 70% of middle larry satellite -- come from here. everything from nuclear command control orders to presidential communications, down to a coast guard cutter, a submarine, even tactical units on the ground. how vulnerable are americas satellites? the u.s. says both russia and china have intentionally demonstrated offensive military capabilities in space. targeting and destroying their own satellites, scattering thousands of pieces of debris across low earth orbit,...