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If all goes well during the three-week flight, the crew capsule will be propelled into a wide orbit around the moon and then return to Earth with a Pacific splashdown in December.
A space capsule hurtled toward the moon Wednesday for the first time in 50 years, following a thunderous launch of NASA's mightiest rocket in a dress rehearsal for astronaut flights.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A space capsule hurtled toward the moon Wednesday for the first time in 50 years, following a thunderous launch of NASA's mightiest rocket in a dress
The Orion capsule was perched on top and, less than 2 hours into the flight, busted out of Earth's orbit toward the moon.
NASA news: NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday.