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NASA’s Orion Capsule Is Back From a Trip to the Moon
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Following months of delays, NASA launched the Artemis 1 mission on November 16, sending the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule on a test trip around the Moon. Now the mission can officially be called a success, paving the way for future crewed Moon missions.
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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.
The Orion spacecraft, which is to carry astronauts to and from the moon in coming years, will splash down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday after a test flight with no crew aboard.
The Artemis 1 test flight ends Sunday when Orion splashes down in the Pacific Ocean. NASA's spacecraft designed to carry humans back to the moon is in the final stages of a 25.5 moon-orbiting mission.
NASA's Artemis 1 lunar mission ended today in a splashdown of the uncrewed Orion capsule in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 9:40 am PST, after which it was recovered by the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland.
US Navy and NASA teams recovered the spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico on Sunday after a 25.5-day mission and will bring Orion back to the USS Portland ship. The uncrewed Artemis 1 test flight sets up NASA to launch astronauts to the moon in 2024.
The Artemis 1 test flight ends Sunday when Orion splashes down in the Pacific Ocean. NASA's spacecraft designed to carry humans back to the moon is in the final stages of a 25.5 moon-orbiting mission.
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions — is coming to an end as NASA’s Orion spacecraft is expected to make an ocean splashdown Sunday.
NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions — came to a momentous end as NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a successful ocean splashdown Sunday.
The Artemis 1 test flight ends Sunday when Orion splashes down in the Pacific Ocean. NASA's spacecraft designed to carry humans back to the moon is in the final stages of a 25.5 moon-orbiting mission.
NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down west of Baja California Sunday, completing a 25-day mission that clears the way for astronauts to be on the next lunar flyby.
After a 26-day journey that took it to lunar orbit and back, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday afternoon, paving the way for future astronaut voyages to Earth’s satellite
But eventually, the reality of that stupendous cost per mission will sink in and the program will probably be terminated. It's not like the Webb Telescope where
NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the moon and back, winding up the inaugural mission of the Artemis
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