Goodnight Moon

7 stunning images from Artemis I's final trip around the Moon

Now back to Earth!

by Jennifer Walter

ESA

Orion is on its way home.

Just 19 days after liftoff, the Artemis I spacecraft is currently cruising back to Earth.

On December 5, the spacecraft slingshotted around the Moon one final time.

Orion completed a maneuver known as a return powered flyby, designed to break itself free from the Moon’s gravity.

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