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  • 23/06/2025
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.
00:30So, let's go.
01:00All four RS-25 engines on the core stage and two solid rocket boosters now propelling the vehicle at 128 miles per hour.
01:12Hearing good control on the roll from teams in Mission Control Houston, all good calls so far.
01:18Three, two, one, boosters in ignition, and liftoff of Artemis I, we rise together, back to the moon and beyond.
01:30All four RS-25 engines on the core stage and two solid rocket boosters now propelling the vehicle at 128 miles per hour.
01:47Hearing good control on the roll from teams in Mission Control Houston, all good calls so far.
01:52Now, 30 seconds, engine, flight bar is on.

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