WERE SELF-INFLICTED. WE ARE WORKING TO GATHER MORE DETAILS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
AND WE’LL LET YOU KNOW AS MORE
INFORMATION COMES IN FOR WE’RE
GETTING OUR FIRST IMAGES FROM
THE ORION CAPSULE IN HIS
JOURNEY TO THE MOON FOLLOWING
THIS MORNING’S HISTORIC
LIFTOFF. AS NASA’S.
>> JULIE: OF NASA’S MOST
POWERFUL ROCKET, THE ARTEMIS
ONE MISSION FINALLY LAUNCHING
FROM THE SPACE COAST. AFTER
MONTHS OF DELAYS. AND YOU’RE
SEEING THERE ON YOUR SCREEN
ARE FIRST FIRST NEWS. THIS
VIEW OF EARTH CAPTURED FROM A
HUMAN RATED SPACECRAFT NOT
SEEN SINCE 1972 DURING THE
FINAL APOLLO MISSIONS SOME 50
YEARS AGO.
>> LISA: NOW, GETTING TO THIS
POINT CAME DOWN TO THE WIRE,
INCLUDING SOME RISKY REPAIRS
RIGHT BEFORE TAKEOFF NEWS
SIX’S JAMES SPARVERO TAKES US
THROUGH WHAT WE MISSED
OVERNIGHT AND WHAT’S NEXT.
>> JUBILATION AS NASA’S MOST
POWERFUL ROCKET FINALLY GETS
OFF THE GROUND AFTER SEVERAL
YEARS OF EXPENSIVE DELAYS,
INCLUDING THE LAST 8 MONTHS
GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
ROLLOUTS AND ROLLBACKS, THE
SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM. NOW GOING
TO THE MOON FOR THE FIRST
MISSION UNDER THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM.
>> ON BEHALF OF ALL THE MEN
AND WOMEN ACROSS OUR GREAT
NATION WHO WORK TO MAKE THIS
DAY POSSIBLE. IN PART THE
ARTEMIS GENERATION. THIS IS
FOR YOU. UNLIKE THE 2 PREVIOUS
LAUNCH ATTEMPTS THIS YEAR.
>> NASA WAS ABLE TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS DURING THE COUNTDOWN
WITH ENOUGH TIME TO AVOID
ANOTHER SCRAP.
>> MY HEART WAS PUMPING.
>> 3 TECHNICIANS RISKING THEIR
LIVES AS MEMBERS OF THE RED
CREW PERFORMING LIVE REPAIRS
AT THE LAUNCH PAD, FIXING A
LEAK HAS THE 322 FOOT SLS WAS
FUELED WITH HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF HIGHLY
EXPLOSIVE PROPELLANT.
>> THE ROCKETS, YOU KNOW, IT’S
ALIVE. IT’S CREEK IN ITS
MAKING VENTING NOISES ITS IT’S
PRETTY SCARY.
>> SLS PROPELLING THE ORION
CAPSULE ON ITS PATH TO ORBIT
THE MOON CAMERA SHOWING EARTH
AND THE MANNEQUINS ON BOARD.
NASA SAYS THE 26TH DAY MISSION
WILL BLAZE THE TRAIL FOR
ASTRONAUTS FLYING ON SLS. AND
LATER, ASTRONAUTS LANDING ON
THE MOON. IT’S GOING AS
PLANNED SO FAR.
>> AS WE NOW EXPLORE THE
HEAVENS AS WE GO BACK TO THE
MOON AND THEN WE GO TO MARS.
>> AFTER ITS JOURNEY OF MORE
THAN A MILLION MILES, NASA
SAYS ORION IS EXPECTED TO
SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC
OCEAN ON DECEMBER 11. AT
NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
I’M JAMES SPARVERO GETTING
RESULTS. NEWS 6.
>> OK, DID YOU GUYS STAY UP
AND WATCH IT? NO, I HAVE. YOU
MET ME. SO TO NOSE IN A YEAH,
I THINK EVEN SEE IT FROM
NORMALLY WOULD HAVE. YEAH, I
HOUSE BUT JUST WATCHING IT ON
TV AND JUST HEARING THE
ELATION NASA TV BECAUSE THIS
IS A LIFE’S WORK FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE. AND IT WAS JUST SO
WONDERFUL FINALLY WAS A
SUCCESS. YEAH, I HEARD I SAW
SO MANY PEOPLE POSTING ON
FACEBOOK THAT A RELATIVE WHO
HAD WORKED ON THIS VERY
PROJECT YEARS ARE SO EXCITED
TO FINALLY SEE COME TO
FRUITION. SO, OF COURSE, OUT
ON THE SPACE COAST, IT WAS A
BRIGHT SITE.
>> LISA: YEAH. THE FIREBALL
LARGE ENOUGH TO SHOW UP ON
WEATHER RADAR AND LOUD ENOUGH
TO SET OFF CAR ALARMS.
>> GINGER: NEAR THE VEHICLE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING, THE
SPECTACULAR VIEW. WELL, WORTH
THE WAIT. HAS SOME STAKED OUT
SPOTS MORE THAN 12 HOURS IN
ADVANCE?
>> MAY MEAN MOMMY THINK THAT
THE LIST COMING UP.
>> DESPITE THE EARLY MORNING,
LIFTOFF, OFFICIALS SAY ALL
LAUNCH VIEWING AREAS STILL
REACHED CAPACITY. THEY
ESTIMATE AS MANY AS 100,000
PEOPLE CAME OUT TO WATCH THIS
LIFTOFF AND WE ARE GETTING
SOME INCREDIBLE PHOTOS SENT TO
CLICK ORLANDO DOT COM SLASH
PINS OF THE LAUNCH. TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS SHOT FROM
STARGAZER. RON IN PALM BAY.
THAT ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS AND
MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT SOME OF
THOSE VIEWS. ALSO ONLINE, FIND
THE LATEST MISSION VIDEO AND
WHAT’S NEXT FOR ARTEMIS ITS
JOURNEY TO THE MOON. AGAIN,