The latest in the Artemis II mission

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This new video released by NASA shows in crystal clear detail the launch of the Artemis II mission.
Cameras on board documenting liftoff in spectacular detail.
And here when the solid rocket boosters break away as planned.
Integrity looks like a good burn. We're confirming.
And now the crew of the Artemis II mission is speeding toward the moon.
They're committed to the journey.
From this point forward, the laws of orbital mechanics are going to carry our crew
to the moon, around the far side, and back to Earth.
The crew executing a crucial 5-minute, 50-second translunar injection burn,
firing up the engine and pushing the Orion spacecraft out of Earth's orbit and toward the moon.
The burn was executed by our flight operations team here in Houston, and it was flawless.
The burn was the last major firing of this mission.
With the burn done and the spacecraft on a trajectory for the moon,
gravity will slingshot the crew around the moon for their flyby.
And even if something were to go wrong with the Orion spacecraft, which the crew has named Integrity,
gravity would bring them back to Earth.
They're on a free return trajectory, so the moon's gravity is basically just pulling them around
and then slingshotting them back to Earth.
And when they make it to the backside of the moon, likely on Monday,
the crew on board could be the first humans to ever see for themselves some areas of the moon.
Alex Stone, ABC News, Los Angeles.
