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NASA’s Artemis Orion Completes Final Lunar Departure Maneuver

Orion

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s Artemis I Orion crew capsule carried out its second and final major maneuver for departing the Moon on Dec. 5—day 20 of its planned 25 1/2-day uncrewed test flight—with a 3-min., 27-sec. Orbiter Maneuvering System burn. Launched early Nov. 16 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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