00:01Four astronauts have blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket, beginning a long-anticipated journey around the moon, the first
00:10crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
00:13The launch from the Kennedy Space Center sent an orange and white rocket roaring into the evening sky, carrying Americans
00:21Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Nock, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
00:29The crew is now in orbit around the Earth, carrying out critical safety checks on the Orion spacecraft, including complex
00:36manoeuvres designed to stimulate docking with a future lunar lander.
00:41If all goes to plan, the mission will soon push beyond Earth's orbit on a multi-day journey around the
00:47moon, lasting about 10 days in total.
00:50The flight is expected to capture new imagery and data while setting distance records for human space travel.
00:56The mission also marks several historic firsts, including the first woman, first person of colour and first non-American assigned
01:04to a lunar mission.
01:05It's the inaugural crewed flight of NASA's Space Launch System rocket, a cornerstone of efforts to return humans to the
01:12moon and eventually establish a long-term presence there.
01:15The design of NASA is simply enhanced to fly away from the subway .
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