Nasa's first manned Moon mission in more than five decades fired its rockets early on Friday to break out of Earth's orbit.The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday evening, spent the first 25 hours of the flight circling the Earth.Firing the rockets on the Orion spacecraft - officially called a translunar injection burn - will send them towards the Moon, which they will circle before returning to Earth.

Nasa's first manned Moon mission in more than five decades fired its rockets early on Friday to break out of Earth's orbit.The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday evening, spent the first 25 hours of the flight circling the Earth.Firing the rockets on the Orion spacecraft - officially called a translunar injection burn - will send them towards the Moon, which they will circle before returning to Earth.