NASA’s Orion spacecraft flies by the moon in milestone for Artemis 1 mission

Times of India

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NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the back side and passing within about 80 miles.

It's the first time a capsule has visited the moon since NASA's Apollo programme 50 years ago, and represented a huge milestone in the $4.1 billion test flight that began last Wednesday. Orion's flight path took it over the landing sites of Apollo 11, 12 and 14 - humanity's first three lunar touchdowns.