The US space agency NASA has launched its most powerful rocket ever from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The 100-meter long Artemis chariot ascended into the sky in a spectacular combination of light and sound.
Its purpose was to launch an astronaut capsule towards the moon.
The spacecraft, known as Orion, is uncrewed for this particular flight, but if all goes as it should, people will be on board for future missions to the lunar surface. will go.
Wednesday’s flight followed two previous launch attempts in August and September that were halted during the countdown due to technical glitches.
But on this occasion such problems were overcome, and the Space Launch System, as the rocket is often called, was scheduled to begin its ascent from Kennedy Space Center at 01:47 local time (06:47 GMT). Go” was given.
“Today, we have the most powerful rocket in the world taking the Earth off its edge and shaking the wicked out of it,” said Mike Sarafin, NASA’s Artemis mission manager. “We have a priority mission in play right now.”
Her boss, agency administrator Bill Nelson, was also booed.
“It’s the biggest flame I’ve ever seen. It’s the loudest shock I’ve ever experienced,” he commented. “I have to say what we saw tonight was A+. But we still have a long way to go. This is just a test flight.”
