The Artemis II astronauts and Orion spacecraft are more than two-thirds of the distance to the moon's lunar surface, NASA said. Track the astronauts and mission live.

Watch live video of NASA launching four astronauts on its Artemis II moon mission from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The 10-day mission will send the crew around the Earth and then out to loop around the moon, where they'll see the far side of the moon.

A child went viral for his excited response about the Artemis II moon launch on CNN, catching the attention of NASA administrator Jared Isaacman, who said he would send NASA gear.

NASA sends Artemis II on its mission to the moon. Artemis II set sail from the same Florida launch site that sent Apollo’s explorers to the moon so long ago. The handful still alive cheered this next

NASA's Artemis II mission launched Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon.

Artemis II successfully lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on April 1, the start of the crew's 10-day mission around the moon and back.

The Artemis II launched into orbit Wednesday evening as NASA began its historic moon mission.

A plane passenger flying over Florida captured stunning footage of NASA's Artemis II rocket launching to the Moon on Wednesday evening - the first manned lunar mission since 1972

Artemis II is scheduled to launch from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, sending four astronauts on a 10-day mission into deep space, around the moon, and back to Earth.

Get to know NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission with Space.com's exclusive four-part video series Inside Artemis II debuting March 25-March 31.

As Rise floats in the cabin once they reach orbit, it will be both a zero‑gravity indicator for the crew and a reminder that this mission is meant to carry more than four astronauts’ ambitions – it is also carrying the dreams of the generation who might one day follow them to the Moon.