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Nasa launches Artemis-1 on demo mission to Moon | See Pics
Nasa has launched its much-awaited Artemis-1 mission on its maiden voyage to the Moon. This is a demonstration mission with no humans onboard.
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Nasa's new moon rocket sits on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B ahead of launch. (Photo: AP)
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Artemis-1 lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. (Photo: AP)
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The spacecraft is on a 42-day journey that will see it escaping Earth's gravitational pull but captured by the Moon's. (Photo: AP)
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While there are no humans onboard, the Artemis-1 is carrying three dummies that will gather data about vibrations, stress, and radiation in space. (Photo: AP)
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The spacecraft was powered by four RS-25 engines that burned for two minutes. (Photo: AP)
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Nasa will use Moon's gravitational pull to propel Orion into a distant retrograde orbit, pushing it over 60,000 kilometers beyond the Moon. (Photo: AP)
