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Jonathan told us, have you seen, have you seen us rise up from our elbows and knees?

Did you see the world spin as we got on our feet?

Celebrated in song but rumoured to have died

It turns out the 193-year-old tortoise called Jonathan is alive and well

We'll be hearing from the Governor of St Helena

the British

overseas territory in the South Atlantic, where he lives. First, though, the Earth's orbit is a long

way to go for a test flight, but that's effectively what the crew of NASA's Artemis II

mission are doing on the first day of their historic mission to the moon, the first in more

than half a century.

The three Americans and one Canadian are checking whether their Orion capsule can proceed

to the next unprecedented stage of the journey, one that will take them to the dark side of the moon,

further than any astronaut has travelled before. We'll get an update on their progress in a few moments,

but the hours leading

up to Wednesday's launch weren't without a few nail-biting moments, a few technical glitches

here and there, but those were ironed out, and then came the all-clear from the control room.

This is Victor. We are going for our families.

This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates.

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