A Flight Day 9 view from the Orion spacecraft shows Earth in the distance. (NASA / ESA) NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule successfully executed an engine burn to enter an unusual type of orbit around the moon on the 10th day of the weeks-long Artemis 1 mission, and it set a […]
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Orion enters lunar orbit that will let it set a distance record
Comment on this story Comment Ten days after launching from the Kennedy Space Center, NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday entered a distant orbit around the moon, completing yet another key milestone in a mission that space agency officials say has gone exceedingly well so far. Orion’s thrusters fired at 4:52 […]