Orion splashes down in Pacific Ocean after trip around the moon

Orion splashes down in Pacific Ocean after trip around the moon

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Washington DC (UPI) Dec 11, 2021

NASA's Orion capsule, after traveling 1.4 million miles through space, including orbiting the moon and collecting data, returned to Earth on Sunday. The 25 1/2-day Artemis I mission landed in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's Baja California at 12:40 p.m., NASA reported. "Splashdown! From Tranquility Base to Taurus-Littrow to the tranquil waters of the Pacific, the latest chapter of

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