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Our return to the moon will be different
than the last time.

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We plan to explore
more of the lunar surface...

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The Space
Launch System is now counting down to lift

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off of Orion
on its maiden voyage to the moon.

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And here we go.

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Hydrogen burn-off ignitors initiate.

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Seven six, five, four, stage engine start.

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3, 2, 1 boosters

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ignition! And lift off Artemis I!

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We rise together back to the moon

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and beyond.

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We are all part of something
incredibly special.

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The first launch of Artemis.

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This view of earth
from a human-rated spacecraft

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not seen since 1972 during the final

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Apollo missions.

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Distant retrograde orbit.

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We're going to be about 38,000 miles away
from the lunar surface we’re

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going
beyond anywhere we ever went for Apollo.

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The Orion

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spacecraft is barreling its way back home
after circumnavigating the moon

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and beyond in an elliptical, distant,
retrograde orbit.

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Splashdown.

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Orion Back on Earth.