"Suddenly, we're up there with them."
We're sharing the Artemis II crew's first images from spaceโkeep following our 24/7 live feed for the latest mission updates: https://t.co/BezILihoZc
We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.
For the first time in over 50 years, humans are Moonbound.
At 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 UTC) NASAโs Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft lifted off from the agencyโs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a planned test flight around the Moon and back. https://t.co/0Q9ZB4IWVI