Nasa’s moon rocket Artemis II launched on Wednesday evening (US time), carrying astronauts to the moon for the first time in almost 54 years. The launch marks the first time since the Apollo 17 mission of December 1972 that humans will have left lower Earth orbit

Ahead of the launch of the historic Artemis II mission around the moon, here's everything you need to know.

Meet the crew of NASA's Artemis 2, which will include the first woman, first Black man, and first Canadian to fly on a moon mission.