Artemis II countdown & launch: Full liftoff video

Sound suppression water is flowing. And here we go. 10, 9, 8, 7, RS-25 engines, lit. 4, 3, 2, 1, booster ignition, and lift off!

The crew of Artemis II, now bound for the Moon, humanity's next great voyage begins.

Good roll pitch. Roger, roll pitch.

Houston, now controlling the flight of Integrity on the Artemis II mission around the moon.

Integrity, the Artemis 2 mission around the moon. Integrity AMT high.

AMT high.

On time passing 30 seconds into the flights. Integrity passes the alternate beacon. Target milestone. Mission Control Houston seeing good performance on the Columbia engines. Space Launch System core stage. Integrity 3 miles in altitude.

Traveling more than 1,200 miles per hour. Mission elapsed time, passing one minute, approaching Max Q.

On, positively on. Stan, we have you loud and clear on positively on.

Have you the same. Communication signal transfer confirmed as Integrity and its crew go supersonic. Approaching 90 seconds into the Artemis 2 mission. Integrity is 14 miles in altitude, 8 miles downrange, traveling more than 2,600 miles per hour. One minute, 50 seconds of mission elapsed time standing by for main engine throttle down to 85% ahead of solid rocket booster separation expected at the two minute, nine second mark. We see throttle down.

Confirmed separation. Main engines throttling up, guidance converged. of the of the of the of the

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of the of the of And it's into the flight integrity 49 miles in altitude 78 miles down range now passing 5000 miles per hour. Houston, Integrity. Good last jettison. Great view.

Copy, Jettison. Team ECO 8 plus 02. We see you safe on board, Stan. And Houston has you loud and clear on TDRS at the common line. Outstanding, Stan. We have you the same.

Three minutes, 50 seconds into the flight of Artemis II, Wiseman, Glover, Cook and Hansen cross the boundary to space with good comm checks. GPS signals acquired after last jettison now working on internal checks to verify accuracy. Flight Dynamics Officer analyze the time of main engine cutoff confirmed at eight minutes two seconds time of MECO. Integrity, GPS processing. and a GPS processing Commander Reid Wiseman confirms he has visuals of his destination. GPS guidance, navigation and control software finishes internal checks and sends to navigation channels.

Integrity three engine press. Three engine press.

On time now passing five minutes twenty seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis II mission. and the press miles down range approaching 10,000 miles per hour. Integrity looking good at six minutes.

Same on board, Stan.

Good trajectory and engine performance. Booster officer will soon report the shutdown plan to flight director Judd Friedling expected at the seven-minute mark. About 10 seconds remaining until the main engine cutoff of theECO and core stage separation. Integrity and nominal MECO, core stage separated. and and and And Taranee Houston looking ahead to PRM numbers so far per the pad. Integrity and nominal MECO, core stage separated. and and and And Taranee Houston looking ahead to PRM numbers so far per the pad.

Copy that, standard numbers for the pad.