KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, FLORIDA, USA - 16 November 2022 - Liftoff! NASA’s Space Launch System carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off the pad at Launch

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, FLORIDA, USA - 16 November 2022 - Liftoff! NASA’s Space Launch System carrying the Orion spacecraft lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 EST on Nov. 16, 2022. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown - Photo: Geopix/NASA/Chris Coleman/Kevin Davis

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Location: Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
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