It—the Orion Capsule—IS definitely currently orbiting the moon. Neat link though, thanks.
“Orion performed an 88-second engine burn Friday…that successfully inserted the spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) around the moon as planned.”
“The capsule will leave lunar orbit with an engine burn on Dec. 1, then start heading home to Earth.”
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It—the Orion Capsule—IS definitely currently orbiting the moon. Neat link though, thanks.
“Orion performed an 88-second engine burn Friday…that successfully inserted the spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) around the moon as planned.”
“The capsule will leave lunar orbit with an engine burn on Dec. 1, then start heading home to Earth.”
https://www.space.com/artemis-1-orion-arrive-orbit-moon
EDIT: Parent comment nope'd out. Neat link they posted that i mentioned above (visualizes mission progress/trajectory): https://www.nasa.gov/specials/trackartemis/