Watch: NASA's Moon Spacecraft Completes 1st Lunar Flyby, Back In Touch With Earth
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The outbound powered flyby burn that Orion performed today is the first of a pair of maneuvers required to enter a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon, Nasa said.
Nasa's Orion spacecraft today flew past the moon, five days after it was launched off the Florida coast in the US. Orion is on a 25-day mission to orbit the moon before it returns safely to earth. The Earth setting behind the Moon, as Orion loses signal on the Far Side. #Artemis#Artemis1#Orionpic.twitter.com/bZyAK616fP
The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years - the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
This mission, called Artemis 1 aims to ensure that the vehicle is safe for human travel.
The outbound powered flyby burn that Orion performed today is the first of a pair of maneuvers required to enter a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon, Nasa said.
