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FULL LIVE LAUNCH Artemis II launches into space!

Four astronauts blasted off toward the moon Wednesday evening in a high-stakes and historic mission for NASA. The crew lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the Orion spacecraft, riding atop Boeing’s Space Launch System rocket as part of the Artemis II mission. https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/artemis-ii-astronauts-ready-for-launch-ready-for-scrubs-cape-canaveral-nasa-moon- Have a tip? Email us at [email protected] Have a video or photo you want to share? Upload it to https://wcyb.com/chimein TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@news5wcyb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/news5wcyb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/news5wcyb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/news5wcyb/ WCYB is a TN based station and NBC and FOX Television affiliate, and WEMT is a TN based station and ROAR affiliate, owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates. #wcyb #tricities #localnews #news5wcyb #virginia #bristol #virginianews