Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (April 1) on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high‑stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface this decade before China's first crewed landing.

Sky's Thomas Moore caught up with the NASA Administrator who admitted he was "nervous" ahead of launch.

"Great view", one astronaut aboard the spacecraft said as the crew embarked on a 10-day trip to circle around the Moon.

NASA successfully launched its Artemis II mission from Florida on Wednesday, sending four astronauts on a 10-day, 252,000-mile journey to the Moon. This mission marks the first ti

The astronauts are on their way to space, even after NASA identified two issues that could have halted the mission. Stay with us for all the latest.

The 10-day trip won't see astronauts land on the Moon, but they will circle it - and could travel further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.

On Monday, Nasa mission managers polled "go" to launch the mission's 322-ft (98-m) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket topped with the astronauts' Orion crew capsule as early as 6:24 pm EDT (10:24pm GMT) on Wednesday.

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