From spacesuit fitting to final communications checks in the rocket, the crew prepared for liftoff to begin their 10-day mission.

Science editor Rebecca Morelle watched from just three miles away as the most powerful rocket ever built blasted off from Florida.

The vet who cared for the giant tortoise said he had left behind a "legacy of resilience and longevity".

There was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch, writes the BBC's Pallab Ghosh.

After delays and technical issues, the first crewed Moon mission in 50 years finally took off from Florida and is now in Earth's orbit.

Scientists behind a project to turn human wee into plant fertiliser hope to grow their first forest.

Nasa's Artemis II has blasted off and is now orbiting Earth, before continuing on to circle the Moon.

The Artemis II mission is planned to last about 10 days and take its astronauts further into space than anyone has been before.