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The Orion capsule was perched on top and, less than two hours into the flight, busted out of Earth\u2019s orbit toward the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great day,\u201d said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moonshot follows nearly three months of vexing fuel leaks that kept the rocket bouncing between its hangar and the pad. Forced back indoors by <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/astronomy-space-launches-exploration-science-business-9812f3beac5330d07d3a1a47d4cd138c\">Hurricane Ian at the end of September,<\/a> the rocket stood its ground outside as Nicole swept through last week with gusts of more than 80 mph. Although the wind caused some damage, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/astronomy-space-launches-hurricanes-exploration-science-3d3f0f263e8076efa4cc4c81a7305fb6\">managers gave the green light for the launch.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An estimated 15,000 people jammed the launch site, with thousands more lining the beaches and roads outside the gates, to witness NASA\u2019s long-awaited sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/neil-armstrong-us-news-ap-top-news-michael-collins-tx-state-wire-b8980cbe0b544cffb19398f5d3e99bfa\">Project Apollo<\/a>, when 12 astronauts walked on the moon from 1969 and 1972. 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The space agency is aiming to send four astronauts around the moon on the next flight, in 2024, and land humans there as early as 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have earned your place in history,\u201d Blackwell-Thompson told her team following liftoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 322-foot (98-meter) SLS is the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA, with more thrust than either the space shuttle or the mighty Saturn V that carried men to the moon. A series of hydrogen fuel leaks plagued the summertime launch attempts as well as countdown tests. A fresh leak erupted at a new location during Tuesday night\u2019s fueling, but an emergency team managed to tighten the faulty valve on the pad. Then a U.S. Space Force radar station went down, resulting in another scramble, this time to replace an ethernet switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe rocket, it\u2019s alive. It\u2019s creaking. It\u2019s making venting noises. It\u2019s pretty scary. &#8230; My heart was pumping. My nerves were going,\u201d said Trent Annis, one of the three men who entered the blast danger zone to fix Tuesday night\u2019s leak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orion should reach the moon by Monday, more than 230,000 miles (370,000 kilometers) from Earth. After coming within 80 miles of the moon, the capsule will enter a far-flung orbit stretching about 40,000 miles beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $4.1 billion test flight is set to last 25 days, roughly the same as when crews will be aboard. The space agency intends to push the spacecraft to its limits and uncover any problems before astronauts strap in. The mannequins \u2014 NASA calls them moonequins \u2014 are fitted with sensors to measure such things as vibration, acceleration and cosmic radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rocket was supposed to have made its dry run by 2017. Government watchdogs estimate NASA will have spent $93 billion on the project by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, NASA hopes to establish a base on the moon and send astronauts to Mars by the late 2030s or early 2040s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But many hurdles still need to be cleared. The Orion capsule will take astronauts only to lunar orbit, not the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA has hired Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX to develop Starship, the 21st-century answer to Apollo\u2019s lunar lander. Starship will carry astronauts back and forth between Orion and the lunar surface, at least on the first trip in 2025. 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