Watch fiery separation of NASA's moon rocket boosters - Space.com

The video was taken by a camera on board of the Space Launch System rocket.

 NASA has released a video taken by a camera on board the Space Launch System moon rocket showing a fiery separation of the rocket's two strap-on boosters shortly after lift-off. .

The camera, attached to the core stage of the 322-foot-tall (100 meters) rocket, filmed the two solid-fuel boosters, which helped the rocket off the ground during its milestone launch on Nov.

The separation occurred two minutes and 11 seconds after the rocket rose from a Kennedy Space Center launch pad into the night at 1:47 a.m.

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The successful lift-off marked the beginning of the Artemis 1 mission, which is testing NASA's Orion spaceship during an uncrewed debut lunar round trip before it can be allowed to carry astronauts.

The rocket's giant core stage fell off eight minutes after liftoff, leaving only the upper stage attached to Orion, which at that point was able to spread its solar wings.

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