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Coverage dated December 10, 2022

NASA's Orion Capsule Splashes Down as It Returns From Test-Flight Around the Moon

Headline from NBC Los Angeles

NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight.

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  1. Portland Press Herald

    NASA’s Orion capsule blazes home from test flight to moon (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Orion rocketed to the moon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 16 and spent nearly a week in a wide, swooping lunar orbit, before heading home.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    NASA's Orion Capsule Splashes Down as It Returns From Test-Flight Around the Moon (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight.

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    NASA's Orion Capsule Returning From Moon to Cap Test Flight (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    NASA’s Orion capsule is almost back home from the moon. The capsule and its test dummies hurtled toward Earth on Sunday to end a 25-day test flight. Flight controllers are targeting a splashdown in the Pacific just off the coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

  4. Tucson

    NASA Orion capsule safely blazes back from moon, aces test (opens Tucson)

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    Tucson's feed description

    NASA’s Orion capsule is back from the moon. The capsule made a blisteringly fast return Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight. The

  5. Washington Times

    Successful return of NASA’s Orion hopefully clears way for astronauts on next lunar flyby (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico.

  6. The Times of Israel

    NASA’s Orion capsule blazes home from test flight to moon, lands in Pacific Ocean (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

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