1.Ctrl+Z to stop (pause) the program and get back to the shell.
2.bg to run it in the background.
3.disown -h [job-spec] where [job-spec] is the job number
like %1 for the first running job; find about your number with the jobs command
so that the job isn't killed when the terminal closes.
example:
disown -h %1
reference:
job control of bash
https://web.mit.edu/gnu/doc/html/features_5.html