NASA's Artemis II mission successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in Florida on 1 April. With the crew of four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, the historic 10-day moon flyby mission marks the first crewed lunar flight since 1972. What's more surprising is that the liftoff of Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at 6:35 pm EDT was caught on camera from an airborne flight.

A user on X shared the video clip of the rocket on X which has gone viral. The spacecraft can be seen leaving a trail in the sky as it sets off on first crewed lunar mission in 53 years.The caption to the post states, "People on an airplane tens of thousands of feet in the air caught Artemis II passing by Wild footage! 🚀"

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Social media reaction A user wrote, “Man to be up in that plane when it timed to go by would be awesome!”

Another user remarked, “That's the Artemis II rocket SLS and Orion launching on its way to the Moon, first crewed test flight since Apollo. The curving white trail is the exhaust plume seen from the airplane's angle as the rocket arcs into its trajectory not flat Earth firmament stuff. Insane timing for those passengers.”

A third comment read, “What a spectacular sight, I wish I could see this with my own eyes from aboard this plane.”

A fourth user replied, “That would be WILD to see in person.......especially if you saw it come up, and then just streak on past and keep climbing!!!!”

A fifth user stated, “People with direct flights to Florida watching people with a direct flight to the moon….from Florida.”

Meet NASA’s Artemis II crew The crew includes:

Reid Wiseman (Commander)

Victor Glover (Pilot)

Christina Koch (Mission Specialist)

Jeremy Hansen (Mission Specialist, CSA) During the lunar flyby, the crew will take live images of the moon, observe features never seen by humans and witness a partial solar eclipse from their unique vantage point.

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