An unscrewed Orion capsule successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean concluding NASA’s Artemis I moon mission.

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After several high-profile delays brought on by hardware and hurricanes, a towering rocket emblazoned with NASA logos blasted off from Florida on Wednesday, finally kicking off a monthlong mission to the moon that hearkens back to the Apollo days more than 50 years ago.

At 1:47 a.m. EST, the multibillion-dollar Space Launch System’s four main engines and two solid rocket boosters rumbled to life at Kennedy Space Center with a whopping 8.8 million pounds of thrust, making it the world’s most powerful operational rocket. It marked SLS’ first launch under the umbrella of NASA’s Artemis program and third attempt overall.

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