People of all ages waited late into the night in Cape Canaveral, Florida to see the launch firsthand.
Here are some of the images captured at Kennedy Space Center.
In this photo provided by NASA, guests at the Banana Creek viewing site wait for the launch of NASA's Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fla. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP) ((NASA/Keegan Barber) For copyright and restrictions refer to - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html)NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
Moonbound! #Artemis I has completed its trans-lunar injection, a propulsive maneuver that accelerates the @NASA_Orion spacecraft to more than 22,600 mph (36,370 kph) and propels it on its path to the Moon. pic.twitter.com/1YMedHnJwH