LIVE: Artemis II Moon Mission Continued Coverage, Views from Orion Spacecraft

NASA launched the Artemis II rocket at 6:35pm EST from pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, April 1. Watch live views from the Orion spacecraft. Astronauts on board: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Christin a Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. MORE INFO: NASA's Artemis II rocket launch will from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA will send a crew of four astronauts on a nine-day trip around the moon and back. President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is set to send U.S. astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time in more than five decades. The president released a statement ahead of the Artemis II mission launch. "Tonight at 6:24 P.M. EST, for the first time in over 50 YEARS, America is going back to the Moon! Artemis II, among the most powerful rockets ever built, is launching our Brave Astronauts farther into Deep Space than any human has EVER gone." "We are WINNING, in Space, on Earth, and everywhere in between — Economically, Militarily, and now, BEYOND THE STARS. Nobody comes close! America doesn’t just compete, we DOMINATE, and the whole World is watching." "God bless our incredible Astronauts" The Artemis program was established during President Donald Trump’s first term in 2017 as part of a broader push to return American astronauts to the moon. Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX! https://www.youtube.com/livenowfox?sub_confirmation=1 Where to watch LiveNOW from FOX: https://www.livenowfox.com Follow us @LiveNOWFOX on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@livenowfox Raw and unfiltered. Watch a non-stop stream of breaking news, live events and stories across the nation. Limited commentary. No opinion. Experience LiveNOW from FOX. Live news streaming channel when and where you need it.