EARTH, THE MOON - 05 December 2022 - On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured the Moon on the day of return powered flyby. The burn,

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EARTH, THE MOON - 05 December 2022 - On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, Orion captured the Moon on the day of return powered flyby. The burn, which lasted 3 minutes, 27 seconds, committed the spacecraft to a splashdown on 11 December 2022 - Photo: Geopix/NASA

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