--- description: NASA's Space Launch System rocket will launch for the first time with a crew capsule that will carry experiments around the moon and back. Watch live. title: NASA's Artemis 1 Moon Mission Launch Livestream: Watch image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83013a22b1a80091/698a34e50116824b2798232c/GettyImages-1242669723.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: NASA's Artemis 1 Moon Mission Launch by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2022 12:07 PM CUT  The sky begins to clear before dawn, highlighting the Artemis-1 moon rocket at Launch Pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center, in this view from Titusville, Florida on August 23, 2022\. - Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight, will feature the first blastoff of the massive Space Launch System rocket, which will be the most powerful in the world when it goes into operation. It will propel the Orion crew capsule into orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft will remain in space for 42 days before returning to Earth. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images) The sky begins to clear before dawn, highlighting the Artemis-1 moon rocket at Launch Pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center, in this view from Titusville, Florida on August 23, 2022\. - Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight, will feature the first blastoff of the massive Space Launch System rocket, which will be the most powerful in the world when it goes into operation. It will propel the Orion crew capsule into orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft will remain in space for 42 days before returning to Earth. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2022 12:07 PM CUT ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6208733/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-launch-livestream/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6208733/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-launch-livestream/"},"headline":"Watch Live: NASA's Artemis 1 Moon Mission Launch","datePublished":"2022-08-29T12:07:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T14:40:04.283Z","description":"NASA's new Space Launch System rocket will launch for the first time with an Orion crew capsule that will carry experiments around the moon and back.","url":"https://time.com/6208733/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-launch-livestream/","keywords":["Space","video"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83013a22b1a80091/698a34e50116824b2798232c/GettyImages-1242669723.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83013a22b1a80091/698a34e50116824b2798232c/GettyImages-1242669723.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-SPACE-MOON-NASA","caption":"US-SPACE-MOON-NASA","creditText":"AFP via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6208733/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-launch-livestream/","name":"Watch Live: NASA's Artemis 1 Moon Mission Launch"}}]}] ```