Launch of NASA's Artemis II: Moon Rocket Camera Views

Great callout.

The rocket is on its own.

Four brave explorers ready to ride the most powerful rocket NASA has ever launched.

Sound suppression water is flowing.

And here we go.

10 9 8 7 RS-25 engines lit. 4 3 2 1 booster ignition

and liftoff.

The crew of Artemis 2 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 2 mission around the

moon.

Integrity AMT high.

AMT high.

On-time passing 30 seconds into the flight.

Integrity passes the ultimate target milestone.

Mission control Houston seeing good performance from all four main engines

and space launch system core stage.

Integrity 3 miles in altitude traveling more than 1,200 mph.

Mission elapsed time passing 1 minute approaching max Q.

On Pons Aurelia on.

Stan, we have you loud and clear on Pons Aurelia 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 mph. 1 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 2 minute 9 second mark.

We see throttle throttle down.

Confirmed separation.

Main engines throttling up, guidance converged.

Integrity guidance converged, performance nominal, upper stage RCS ready.

Copy all, Stan.

Integrity SM priming complete.

SM priming complete. 2 minutes 45 seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis

2 mission.

Thrusters on Integrity and upper stage confirmed in a ready state ahead of service

module fairing separation. 3 minutes into the flight,

Integrity 49 miles in altitude, 78 miles downrange now passing 5,000 mph.

Standing by for launch abort system jettison.

Houston Integrity good last jettison, great view.

Copy jettison T eco 8 plus 02.

We see the same on board, Stan.

And Houston has you loud and clear on T + 0 at the common line.

Outstanding, Stan.

We have you the same. 3 minutes 50 seconds into the flight of Artemis

2.

Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hanson cross the boundary to space with good com checks.

GPS signals acquired after last jettison now working on internal checks to verify accuracy.

Flight dynamics officer analyzed the time of main engine cutoff confirmed at 8 minutes

2 seconds,

time of MECO.

Integrity GPS processing.

Outstanding, Stan.

We see the same and we have a beautiful moon rise.

We're headed right at it.

Approaching 5 minutes into the flight,

Commander Reid Wiseman confirms he can 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 5 minutes 20 seconds of mission elapsed time into the Artemis

2 mission.

At this point, three good main engines are all that's needed to carry Integrity

to a nominal main engine cutoff target.

Though at this time we're seeing four good engines here in Mission Control Houston.

Integrity 75 miles in altitude, 330 miles downrange approaching 10,000 mph.

Integrity looking good at 6 minutes.

Same on board, Stan.

Good trajectory and engine performance.

Booster officer will soon report the shutdown plan to flight director Judd Freeling expected

at the 7 minute mark.

Integrity 78 miles in altitude, 460 miles downrange.

Integrity expect nominal shutdown.

Integrity copies nominal shutdown. 6 minutes 40 seconds of mission elapsed time,

shutdown plan is as expected.

Again, the time of MECO was confirmed at 8 minutes 2 seconds into the

flight. 7 minutes of mission elapsed time.

Throttling down as we approach the abort once around option milestone at the 7

minute 30 second mark.

Now 84 miles in altitude, 650 miles downrange traveling more than 15,000 mph.

Integrity AOA open.

AOA open.

The window is now open for an abort once around option

that would target splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Still following nominal ascent at this time.

About 10 seconds remaining until the main engine cutoff of the space launch system

core stage.

Standing by for confirmation of MECO and core stage separation.

Integrity nominal MECO, core stage separated.