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Artemis 2 BLASTS OFF into space taking astronauts to the Moon for the first lunar voyage in 53 years

NASA's Artemis 2 mission has finally launched. NASA reported an issue with the flight termination system but clarified just over an hour before the launch that it has been resolved. The four astronauts are inside the Orion capsule on humanity's first Moon mission in more than five decades. Liftoff was scheduled for around 6.24pm EDT (11.24pm BST) tonight. You can watch the launch live here. The Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft will carry the four astronauts from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, into deep space. The crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. The launch marks humanity’s first lunar voyage in 53 years. The Mirror Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailymirror The Mirror IG: http://instagram.com/dailymirror The Mirror TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailymirror The Mirror Twitter: http://twitter.com/DailyMirror The Mirror Homepage: https://www.mirror.co.uk Sign up for our newsletters: https://www.mirror.co.uk/email #TheMirror #News #Politics