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The Space Launch System - first-ever launch was captured by several cameras at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B and on the rocket.

Credit: NASA | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Music by Rocket Jr. / courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Transcript
00:00Hydrogen burn off igniters initiator, seven, six, five, four stage engines start, three, two, one, boosters in ignition, and liftoff of Artemis I, we rise together, back to the moon and beyond.
00:30The end of the day is the night of the dark, and there are a few slides that go up to the moon.
00:43It's time to do that.
00:58All four RS-25 engines on the core stage and two solid rocket boosters now propelling the
01:06vehicle at 128 miles per hour.
01:09Hearing good control on the roll from teams in Mission Control Houston, all good calls
01:17so far.
01:183, 2, 1, boosters in ignition and liftoff of Artemis 1.
01:25We rise together back to the moon and beyond.
01:37All four RS-25 engines on the core stage and two solid rocket boosters now propelling the
01:41vehicle at 128 miles per hour.
01:48Hearing good control on the roll from teams in Mission Control Houston, all good calls
01:52so far, now 30 seconds into the flight to Artemis 1.

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