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Watch the breathtaking moment as **NASA’s Artemis II mission captures stunning visuals during its historic Moon flyby! This incredible footage showcases the Moon like never before—featuring high-resolution views of the lunar surface, deep space visuals, and the next step in humanity’s return to the Moon.
The Artemis II mission marks a major milestone as it becomes the first crewed mission in the Artemis program, orbiting the Moon and paving the way for future lunar landings. From liftoff to deep space travel, this mission is a giant leap toward sustained human presence beyond Earth.
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Watch the breathtaking moment as **NASA’s Artemis II mission captures stunning visuals during its historic Moon flyby! This incredible footage showcases the Moon like never before—featuring high-resolution views of the lunar surface, deep space visuals, and the next step in humanity’s return to the Moon.
The Artemis II mission marks a major milestone as it becomes the first crewed mission in the Artemis program, orbiting the Moon and paving the way for future lunar landings. From liftoff to deep space travel, this mission is a giant leap toward sustained human presence beyond Earth.
#NASA #ArtemisII #MoonFlyby #MoonMission #NASAArtemis #SpaceExploration #MoonVideo #LunarMission #DeepSpace #NASA2026 #MoonLive #SpaceLive #Astronomy #MoonLanding #ArtemisProgram #SpaceTravel #MoonOrbit #NASAUpdates #SpaceFootage #MoonView #LunarOrbit #FutureOfSpace #HumanSpaceflight #ExploreSpace #SpaceNews
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00:00And, Launch Director, with that, we are clear and ready to pick up the launch readiness poll with your go.
00:08All right, sir. I am go for the poll.
00:13All right. And for all personnel, this is the NTD conducting the Artemis II launch readiness check.
00:20Verify ready to resume count and go for launch. OTC.
00:24OTC is go.
00:25STC.
00:26STC is go.
00:27GTC.
00:29CSC is go.
00:30MCO.
00:31CO is go.
00:32Safety Console.
00:33Safety Console is go.
00:35LPE.
00:36LPE is go.
00:38RTD.
00:39RTD is go.
00:40Houston Flight.
00:41Houston Flight is go.
00:43ROC.
00:44ROC is go.
00:45And CDR.
00:47Crew is go.
00:49Copy that. Thank you, Reid. And launch director NTD, our launch team is ready to proceed at this time.
00:56all right entity I copy all at this time I'll perform my poll attention on the net this is the
01:03launch director performing the final poll for launch verify no constraints and go for launch
01:11EGF EGS program chief engineer Artemis chief engineers are go copy thank you EGS chief safety
01:19officer the Artemis CSOs are go thank you range weather launch weather is go thank you LWO and
01:31Artemis MMT chair MMT is go thank you John and integrity launch director good hero is Charlie PLT
01:47thank you Charlie this is Victor we are going for our families this is Christina we are going for our
01:56teammates MS2 this is Jeremy we are going for all humanity all right your Artemis 2 crew is go for
02:07launch full send I copy that read Victor Christina and Jeremy on this historic mission you take with
02:19you the heart of this Artemis team the daring spirit of the American people and our partners across the
02:26globe and the hopes and dreams of a new generation good luck Godspeed Artemis 2 let's go and entity launch
02:42director go ahead launch director yes sir you have a go to proceed with countdown copy that I'll put it
02:51in
02:51and work CD our entity go your visors and initiate short purge for your reproc 10.1.1 steps 8
03:00and 9 10.1.1 8 9 going to work copy
03:07CVSE entity start to start and verify recordings of our Orion cameras copy okay well there you heard it our
03:15sorry entity our sir they're getting ready to start terminal count our rotation enable at this time please
03:21it's currently at T minus 10 minutes once we wrap up this last bit of work in a arm rotation
03:30enable complete we're going to start that clock yeah thank you integrity crew close and lock visors
03:53you heard an issue you heard an issue worked in real time with telemetry lock on the Orion it was
03:58transitory it's very short they check the data confirm that they had a good lock this is what the S
04:08band transmitter on the Orion work through that issue looked at the data and cleared it all
04:19all with the world watching impressive work by the launch team so we have a two-hour window which starts
04:30in just a few minutes at 6 24 p.m. eastern time and goes until 8 24 p.m. eastern
04:36time and ECL entity will be waiting for your verification on the short purge ECL copies and for all personnel
04:45once we get that short purge verification
04:47we'll verify that we are clear to go and then we'll proceed with the terminal count
05:16ECL time estimate about a minute copy
05:35so we're going into the launch window but not by much it looks like just wrapping up some final work
05:50and once that's completed you'll hear NASA test director Jeff Spaulding ask for the ground launch sequencer operator
05:59to go ahead and start the clock
06:05the ground launch sequencer is an application software it runs on top of the launch control system in the firing
06:11room
06:12it acts like a conductor of an orchestra executing hundreds of commands in precise order and timing
06:22it's all autonomous
06:23entity CCL 212 short purge initiations verified
06:27all right copy that and we're verifying our constraints
06:46all right and we're clear from cutouts and with that we're going to resume the clock momentarily and
06:53cgls you can resume the clock on your mark
06:56gls copies
06:593 2 1 mark
07:03gls mainline has been initiated
07:05t minus 10 minutes and counting
07:11and that begins terminal count our new t0 is 6 35 p.m. eastern time
07:186 35 p.m. eastern time we are now counting down to lift off of Artemis 2
07:29from now on you're going to hear two voices on the loops
07:32if everything goes nominally
07:35NASA test director Jeff Spaulding who's directly managing the launch team
07:39and Alex Bendelos the GLS operator who closely monitors the software
07:45he has the ability to stop and restart the countdown
07:54a lot of people ask about whether there's a launch button there certainly is not
07:58flight and rock our new t0 is 22 35 12
08:02Houston flight copies 22 35 12
08:07affirm
08:09there you heard confirmation of the exact t0 6 35 and 12 seconds p.m. eastern time
08:15again our t0 is 6 35 and 12 seconds p.m. eastern time
08:22but as I was saying there's no launch button
08:24this is autonomous but there is a button that keeps you from launching
08:27and that button allows the GLS operator to pause the countdown
08:32outside of terminal count and during terminal count
08:34and submit a hold to the next holding point so the clock won't stop right away
08:39if there's an issue we'll go to the next stable holding point
08:44this is how GLS configures the rocket and ground systems
08:48to a stable point where they can stop the countdown if that's needed
08:52but right now we are counting down
08:55our next big milestone looking to retract the crew access arm
09:03GLS is go for crew access arm retract
09:07and there you see the crew access arm moving away
09:17that's the path that the astronauts took to ingress into the rocket
09:27until this point that was their way off the pad if they needed to evacuate
09:32but now with that arm retracting
09:34the backup transitions to a launch abort system
09:39and they'll begin arming that shortly
09:46of course the launch abort system
09:48great shot there of the crew access arm retracting away
09:54the launch abort system is the tower at the top
09:56and that's what would pull Orion and its crew
09:59off the top of the rocket in case of an emergency
10:02whether it's on the ground or in flight
10:06this is critical safety hardware
10:08that protects the lives of the astronauts
10:22starting at T minus six minutes
10:23the GLS will start bringing that
10:26and other high energy systems online
10:28starting with core stage pressurization
10:50weather is 90% go
10:52the range is go
10:56all systems are go
11:03GLS is go for core stage tank pressurization
11:09that means the replenish valve for the liquid hydrogen tank has now closed
11:13and that tank is beginning to pressurize to flight levels
11:16because that hydrogen is naturally boiling inside the tank
11:25we'll get the liquid oxygen tank a little later in the count
11:30now the team is waiting for verification that if needed
11:33the Artemis 2 crew could use the launch abort system
11:36to pull Orion safely off the top of the rocket in an emergency
11:41let's listen in for that call
11:45GLS verifies last capability available
11:56that's great news and you heard the NTD verify that
12:00with the commander of the mission
12:03GLS is go for FTS arm
12:06now work is being done to arm the flight termination system
12:09this is so the range safety can send a flight termination command
12:13if the rocket flies too far off track
12:18there is a brief built-in delay
12:20so the launch abort system has time to pull the astronauts safety first
12:24GLS is go for LH2 high flow bleed check
12:28all right the high flow bleed check
12:31that's so the cryo team
12:33gets verification that the RS-25 engines
12:36all four of them
12:37are in the proper temperature range for launch
13:03GLS is go for core stage APU start
13:05core stage APU start those are auxiliary power units
13:10high speed turbines which provide pressure to hydraulic pumps
13:13that steer the RS-25 engines
13:15we're going to see a gimbal test a little later
13:17at T minus two minutes and 30 seconds
13:19this is what allows that to happen
13:29coming up in about 20 seconds
13:31we're listening for go for purge sequence four
13:34that's a helium purge of the four core stage engines
13:37core stage engines downstream of the propellant valve
13:40this gets all the air and moisture out of there
13:53GLS is go for purge sequence four
13:57moving through the milestones
14:00all is looking good
14:06coming up in just a few seconds
14:09we're going to get that thrust vector control actuator test
14:11this is a gimbling of the engines
14:22there are the four RS-25s
14:24three of them
14:26shuttle heritage
14:27one of them built from
14:31shuttle parts
14:33and there you see them moving
14:47now we're going to start moving the power
14:50from both the upper stage and the lower stage of the rocket
14:52to internal
14:54taking ground power away
14:56and now going to battery power
15:01GLS is go for upper stage
15:03all right power is removed from the rocket's upper stage
15:10the ICPS and it's been switched to battery
15:13same milestone for the lower core stage
15:15coming up at T minus one minute and 30 seconds
15:18right now
15:19the four-person Artemis II crew
15:21is 248,000 miles away from the moon
15:25and if all goes well
15:27they will fly by it in six days
15:33CLS is go for core stage
15:35to internal power
15:37all right there's the rocket's core stage
15:39which houses three flight computers
15:41is now on its own power
15:47there's no more hold time
15:48because there's no more margin on these batteries
15:51so we would have to recycle back to T minus 10
15:53to recharge if we had a hold
16:02one minute
16:04right now the rocket does not know what the T zero is
16:07but coming up at T minus 33 seconds
16:09control shifts from the ground launch sequencer
16:12to the rocket's onboard autonomous launch sequencer
16:15or ALS
16:16the rocket will count itself down
16:18but honor any holds that could come from the ground
16:21now shortly after liftoff
16:23Houston will take control of the rocket
16:25and my colleague Gary Jordan
16:26will take over commentary
16:30GLS scope area left
16:31great call out
16:33the rocket is on its own
16:34four brave explorers
16:36ready to ride the most powerful rocket
16:41NASA has ever launched
16:46sound suppression water is flowing
16:49and here we go
16:5110
16:529
16:538
16:547
16:55RS-25 engines
16:57lit
16:584
16:593
17:002
17:011
17:02booster ignition
17:03and lift off
17:05the crew of Artemis 2
17:07now bound for the moon
17:09humanity's next great voyage begins
17:15good roll pitch
17:19roger roll pitch
17:23Houston now controlling the flight of integrity
17:25on the Artemis 2 mission around the moon
17:31integrity AMT high
17:35AMT high
17:36on time passing 30 seconds
17:39integrity passes the alternate Mico
17:41target milestone
17:42mission control Houston seeing good performance
17:444 main engines
17:45space launch system
17:47core stage
17:47integrity
17:483 miles in altitude
17:51traveling more than 1200 miles per hour
18:13mission elapsed time passing one minute approaching max q
18:17integrity through max q
18:18on
18:18Ponce de Leon
18:21stand we have you loud and clear on Ponce de Leon
18:24have you the same
18:27communication signal transfer confirmed as integrity and its crew goes supersonic
18:32approaching 90 seconds into the Artemis 2 mission
18:34integrity is 14 miles in altitude 8 miles downrange traveling more than 2600 miles per hour
18:561 minute 50 seconds of mission elapsed time standing by for main engine throttle down to 85% ahead of
19:03solid rocket booster separation expected at the 2 minute 9 second mark
19:09we see throttle throttle down
19:16confirmed separation
19:19main engines throttling up guidance converged
19:30integrity guidance converged performance nominal upper stage RCS ready
19:37safety
19:41integrity
19:43SM priming complete
19:46SM priming complete
19:47SM priming complete
19:492 minutes 45 seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis 2 mission
19:53thrusters on integrity and upper stage confirmed in a ready state ahead of service module fairing separation
20:043 minutes into the flight
20:06integrity 49 miles in altitude 78 miles downrange
20:09now passing 5000 miles per hour
20:26standing by for launch abort system jettison
20:31Houston integrity good last jettison great view
20:37copy jettison team eco eight plus zero two
20:44we see the same on board Stan
20:47and Houston has you loud and clear on Tedris at the common line
20:55outstanding Stan we have you the same
20:583 minutes 50 seconds into the flight of Artemis 2
21:01Wiseman, Glover, Cook and Hanson cross the boundary to space with good comm checks
21:05GPS signals acquired after last jettison now working on internal checks to verify accuracy
21:12flight dynamics officer analyze the time of main engine cutoff confirmed at 8 minutes 2 seconds time of MECO
21:18take a look at the GPS
21:22hello
21:22ciao
21:24ciao
21:51We'll see you next time.
21:55And we have a beautiful moonrise.
21:56We're headed right at it.
22:03Approaching five minutes into the flight,
22:05Commander Reed Wiseman confirms he has visuals of his destination.
22:09GPS guidance, navigation, and control software finishes internal checks
22:12and sends to navigation channels.
22:18Integrity, three engine press.
22:24Three engine press.
22:27On time now, passing five minutes, 20 seconds of mission elapsed time
22:31into the Artemis II mission.
22:32At this point, three good main engines are all that's needed
22:35to carry integrity to a nominal main engine cutoff target.
22:38Though at this time, we're seeing four good engines here in Mission Control Houston.
22:42Integrity, 75 miles in altitude, 330 miles downrange,
22:46approaching 10,000 miles per hour.
23:04Integrity looking good at six minutes.
23:15Good trajectory and engine performance.
23:18Booster officer will soon report the shutdown plan
23:21to Flight Director Judd Freeling expected at the seven-minute mark.
23:27Integrity, 78 miles in altitude, 460 miles downrange.
23:32Integrity, expect nominal shutdown.
23:38Take it to copies, nominal, shutdown.
23:45Six minutes, 40 seconds of mission elapsed time.
23:48Shutdown plan is as expected.
23:51Again, the time of MECA was confirmed at eight minutes,
23:54two seconds into the flight.
24:07Seven minutes of mission elapsed time.
24:14Throttling down as we approach the abort once-around option.
24:18Milestone at the seven-minute, 30-second mark.
24:22Now 84 miles in altitude, 650 miles downrange,
24:27traveling more than 15,000 miles per hour.
24:32Integrity, AOA open.
24:38AOA open.
24:41The window is now open for an abort once-around option
24:44that would target splashdown in the Pacific Ocean,
24:46still following nominal ascent at this time.
25:00About 10 seconds remaining
25:01until the main engine cutoff
25:03of the Space Launch System core stage.
25:06Standing by for confirmation of MECO
25:08and core stage separation.
25:37We see the same on board, Stan.
25:47Eight minutes, 40 seconds into the flight,
25:49we have a nominal main engine cutoff heading
25:51in the right trajectory on the way to swing around the moon.
25:54Core stage has separated, done its job.
25:57The Space Launch System upper stage,
25:58the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, or ICPS,
26:01still attached to the Orion spacecraft.
26:08Nine minutes of mission elapsed time.
26:10Integrity crew of Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover,
26:12Christina Cook, and Jeremy Hansen,
26:14now in orbit around the Earth
26:15at the beginning of their journey to the moon.
26:25Integrity Houston, looking ahead to PRM,
26:28numbers so far per the pad.
26:36Copy that, Stan, numbers per the pad.
26:43Capcom, Stan Loves, we're now reminding the crew
26:47that the perigee-raise maneuver time of ignition
26:50is as expected prior to booster ignition.
26:56That time being 49 minutes, 50 seconds
26:59of mission elapsed time.
27:29that time being .
27:30running out of time is just a little bit
27:30just a little bit in the course of science.
27:40Integrity, good.
27:42NEDS deploy.
27:49Copy that stand.
27:51Good NEDS.
28:03And Integrity, Houston for PWD set up.
28:06Just a reminder, halfway open on the secondary.
28:12We copy that stand halfway open.
28:23Passing 11 minutes of mission elapsed time.
28:26Overhearing the conversation between Capcom's Stan Love
28:29and Commander Reed Wiseman already passing some milestones.
28:32We have a good nozzle extension deployment system.
28:36That is confirmed.
28:38Complete.
28:39We also have the visors are confirmed up.
28:41Now pass the dynamic phase of flight that is ascent.
28:47They're launch and entry suits
28:51that provided them an extra layer of protection.
28:55Now not as needed.
28:56They're going to raise those visors.
29:01And later in today's mission,
29:03they will begin to egress or get out of the suits
29:07to begin some of their initial tasks
29:11of activating some of the systems
29:12aboard in the Integrity spacecraft.
29:17It's passing 12 minutes of mission elapsed time.
29:20Again, the perigee raise maneuver
29:22that's targeted near 50 minutes of mission elapsed time,
29:2549 minutes, 50 seconds.
29:28That's what the crew is going to be working towards.
29:31The Commander Reed Wiseman pilot, Victor Glover,
29:33will focus on preparing for that milestone.
29:40In the meantime, mission specialists Christina Cook
29:43and Jeremy Hansen will start some of the activation
29:48of environmental control life support systems.
29:50You may hear confirmation of their activation
29:52over the Orion to Earth communication network.
30:01Houston, the C-3 Aux power back in auto.
30:06Copy, C-3 Aux, and we're two minutes to maneuver.
30:35We're going to continue to follow the mission
30:39crew of the Artemis II mission.
30:41They are beginning their journey around the moon
30:43to verify the systems that will take us to its surface.
30:46An incredible ascent.
30:48Artemis II is underway.
30:50Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Cook,
30:52and Jeremy Hansen begin their journey to the moon.
30:55Still milestones to come up
30:56as we await solar array deploy
30:58and the critical burns that will get Integrity.
31:00It's a high Earth orbit around the Earth
31:02before engines are fired to get us around the moon.
31:06We'll keep tabs on Integrity and its crew
31:08from here in Mission Control Houston.
31:11But for now, we're going to send it back to you,
31:13Megan and Nicole, at the Kennedy Space Center.
31:15Very jealous to hear how the launch experience was
31:18over on the Space Coast.
31:20Yeah, Gary, if people are just joining us,
31:22welcome back to the Space Coast
31:24where we just saw Artemis II lift off 14 minutes ago.
31:28And wow, what an amazing launch
31:29and an emotional one too
31:30as soon as the rocket lifted off.
31:32Nicole, you had tears in your eyes.
31:34I had tears in my eyes
31:35and we had all these people around us cheering.
31:38It was amazing.
31:39Yeah, the energy was wonderful.
31:40I mean, it was a beautiful launch.
31:42You know, we've got four friends
31:43and family members headed to the moon.
31:45It's pretty amazing.
31:46Yeah, how does that make you feel
31:47as someone who, you know, is an astronaut as well,
31:49but also, as you said, friends?
31:50Yeah, so proud of them.
31:52You know, man, we don't have the words
31:55in the English language to describe this kind of an event
31:57and pride, love, so many emotions.
32:00You know, they are truly breaking some barriers
32:04and hopefully, you know, as Gary just said,
32:07they've got a long day ahead of them.
32:08So wishing them well on everything,
32:10but so far, what a beautiful launch to watch.
32:12Yeah, to be returning to the lunar orbit
32:14in more than 50 years,
32:16maybe they go farther from Earth
32:18than any other humans before them.
32:20Maybe they see parts of the moon
32:22that we've never seen before.
32:23I mean, what a great start
32:26to what could be all of these milestones
32:29that we break in just a 10-day mission.
32:31Yes, what a way to welcome in the Artemis generation.
32:35Yeah, how do you feel?
32:36I mean, we saw some beautiful shots we were covering
32:39of, of course, the rocket,
32:41of course, the Earth falling away
32:43as we continued up, up, up into our ascents,
32:46but also some of those crowd shots
32:47where we saw young and old
32:48just emotional overcome
32:50by this history-making moment.
32:52Man, we are going back to the moon for all,
32:54and we saw that today.
32:55We saw that in all the crowds.
32:57And yeah, you guys just saw that view,
32:58the sunrise or sunset, I guess.
33:00They just made it over the crest of the Earth,
33:02and you could see the sun peeking over.
33:04One of my favorite views from space,
33:05and I can't imagine what they're looking at now,
33:08and I can't wait to see what they're looking at
33:09in about five or six days.
33:11Yeah, and you know,
33:12I know a lot of people are like,
33:13you know what, I'm surprised
33:15this launched on the first try
33:17because we know, like, any little thing,
33:18we have to be keeping safety in mind,
33:21and we want to make sure we're ready to go,
33:23but we were ready to go,
33:24and I think it surprised a lot of people.
33:27What a wonderful surprise on this Wednesday evening.
33:29It did, you know,
33:29and it kind of surprised me as well,
33:31but you know,
33:31it's just a testament to the team here
33:33that has been working so hard on Artemis.
33:36You know, Artemis 1,
33:37we learned a ton of lessons.
33:38We learned a ton from the wet dress for Artemis 2.
33:40We were able to go in, fix those things.
33:42We even had a couple mishaps today,
33:44not mishaps,
33:44but a couple, you know, anomalies today
33:46that the team creatively came up with solutions for.
33:49It's just a testament to the teamwork
33:50that gets us to the moon.
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