NASA's long-awaited return trip to the moon launched on Wednesday, April 1 as crowds of people watched in awe to see the Artemis II mission take off in Florida.

Two days after Artemis II lifted off on the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years, the astronauts are already sending back luminous glimpses from their journey into deep space.

With enough thrust to accelerate a stationary car to motorway driving speed in less than three seconds, the Orion capsule engine blasted the astronauts on their trajectory towards the Moon, which they...