NASA has just launched its Artemis 1 Moon rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It was third time lucky for Nasa’s Space Launch System, which the space agency has been trying to launch since August.
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The rocket blasted off in the early hours of November 16.
Nasa said this mission is important for humankind as it aims to put people back on the Moon.
It missed its initial 1:04am ET (6:04am GMT) launch time but blasted off shortly after.
This is the first time Nasa has launched a rocket like this in decades.
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Artemis I isn’t a crewed mission but it needs to loop around the Moon to test three key components.
These are Nasa’s Space Launch System (SLS), its Orion spacecraft, and the European Service Module (ESM).
The Orion spacecraft and the ESM should get within 62 miles of the lunar surface and then travel 40,000 miles beyond this.
Once looping around the dark side of the Moon, the rocket should land in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego.
Nasa will keep a close eye on the mission as it shoots away from Earth in case it still needs to be aborted.
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