NASA's first new spaceship in 40 years has blasted off from a launch pad in Florida.
It was the second try at launching the Orion spacecraft after a series of problems caused Thursday's attempt to be scrubbed.
Orion orbited the Earth twice and traveled to a height of 3,600 miles above the Earth's surface, before heading for a splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the California Coast. [Note: splash down due at 16:28 GMT].
Our US correspondent Steve Mort at the Kennedy Space Center says it was important for NASA that the mission went smoothly.
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