NASA's technological marvel, next-generation moon rocket blasted off from Florida early on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 on its debut flight. No matter what you hear or read — no matter how many fake conspiracies make their way onto Twitter today.

Even if Twitter CEO Elon Musk retweets flat earthers’ claims, the 32-story Space Launch System (SLS) rocket surged off the launch pad from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral at 1:47 a.m. EST (0647 GMT).

You Can Believe Your Eyes.

Artemis 1 has launched its Orion capsule on a three-week test journey around the moon and back, 50 years after the final Apollo moon mission. She is now free and travelling on her own outbound path.

It was a glorious launch after the late Artemis 1 August mission was scrubbed due to a technical malfunction with the hydrogen tanks. Just a week after patriotic Americans reclaimed democracy at our 2022 midterm elections, Artemis 1 gives us another reason to be hopeful.