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Nasa's Artemis II mission, the first around the Moon in more than 50 years, has taken off and the spacecraft is now in orbit around the Earth.

It will remain in orbit for the next 24 hours as the crew carries out checks - if all goes well it will get the green light to head to the Moon.

The crew are "safe, secure, and in great spirits", a Nasa official says during a post-launch press conference.

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