NASA's Spacecraft Comes 80 Miles Close To The Moon

NASA's giant rocket carrying Orion spacecraft has arrived at the lunar orbit, 80 miles close to the moon. It is the closest approach of the uncrewed Artemis I mission, before moving into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. On Monday, six days after its launch, Orion successfully completed its outbound powered flyby, passing the moon about 81 miles above the surface at 6:57 a.m., NASA sa

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