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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 initiate. Seven, six, five, four, stage engine start, three, two, one,
00:09boosters in ignition and liftoff of Artemis 1. We rise together back to the
00:16moon and beyond.
01:01All four RS-25 engines on the core stage and two solid rocket boosters now
01:05propelling the vehicle at 128 miles per hour.
01:12Hearing good control on the roll from teams in Mission Control Houston, all
01:16good calls so far. Three, two, one, boosters in ignition and liftoff of Artemis 1. We
01:25rise together back to the moon and beyond.
01:36All four RS-25 engines on the core stage and two solid rocket boosters now
01:40propelling 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 into the flight of Artemis 1.

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