Orion surpasses Apollo 13 record distance from Earth: Flight Day 11

Orion surpasses Apollo 13 record distance from Earth: Flight Day 11

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Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2022

On day 11 of the Artemis I mission, Orion continues its journey beyond the Moon after entering a distant retrograde orbit Friday, Nov. 25, at 3:52 p.m. CST. Orion will remain in this orbit for six days before exiting lunar orbit to put the spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth and f a Sunday, Dec. 11, splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Orion surpassed the distance record for a mission wit

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