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We rise together back to the moon and beyond. two solid rocket boosters now propelling the vehicle. good control _ propelling the vehicle. good control. 30 seconds into the flight of artemis — control. 30 seconds into the flight of artemis i. this is the greatest period of atmosphere force on the rocket. you are watching — atmosphere force on the rocket. m. are watching bbc breakfast. that is the rocket, finally, after several attempts, leaving the launch pad on its way heading towards the moon. we have liftoff at last. it is a mission that will last 25 days.

Again quiet here in mission control. houston teams continue monitoring the flight of artemus one. we're now 16 miles downrange from the launch pad at kennedy space center traveling over 2800 mph. standing by for solid rocket booster jettison in shortly thereafter. confirmation that the solid rocket boosters have separated these 177 ft boostere flight of orion all four rs 25 engines firing traveling over 3400 mph 46 miles downrange. two minutes and 36 seconds into the flight nominal calls here in mission control, houston.

Voice of mission control as we now approached the final few seconds of this. the bottom line, this is an uncrewed mission -- nash's return to the moon -- and orbital mission around the moon for 26 days. if it all goes well, then humans will be on the next flight, the test flight around the moon, and then landing on the moon. let's listen to michigan control. >> i didn't burn off igniters and initiate. seven, six, five, four stage engine start -- three, two, one -- boosters and ignition. and lift off of artemis one! we rise together back to the moon and beyond. >> -- on the course age and two s...

One, i couldn't believe that after all these delays, two hurricanes, that it was finally launching. but watching it back there, i was also struck by the fact that what this rocket did was it really turned this entire area from night into day in a matter of seconds. it was like a super accelerated sunrise. and then there was also this incredible crackle caused by those solid rocket boosters that not only were just incredibly loud, but you could literally feel them shake your body, shake your skin almost. so those are kind of two things that i feel like it's hard to really capture on tv. but bei...

1986. o-rings exposed to extreme cold on the solid rocket boosters were blamed for the disaster. when the challenger broke apart it killed all seven crew members including schoolteacher christopher mcauliffe. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm michael holmes. do stick around. i'll be back with more news in just a moment.