NASA's Artemis I has already captured stunning footage of Earth

The views were amazing when NASA's Artemis I mission successfully launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Artemis I mission got off to a rocky start, with failed launches and further delays on the day preceding the final, successful launch. Our live blog has a full breakdown of the events that took place.

The following footage was shared by NASA on Wednesday.

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The spacecraft captured these stunning views of our home planet as NASA began theArtemis I mission to the Moon.

The way for a deep space flight that will one day carry astronauts is being paved by the current lack of a crew The current mission is to fly around the moon and come back to Earth in December.

A full breakdown of the launch can be found here. NASA will be releasing more images and footage as the mission progresses.