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The close approach of 81 miles occurred as the crew capsule and its three wired-up dummies were on the far side of the moon. Astronauts will take Orion for a ride around the moon as early as 2024.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion spacecraft reached the Moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts as part of Artemis I.
NASA's Artemis 1 mission finally reaches the moon and will soon break Apollo 13's distance record.
As NASA’s Orion capsule swung out from behind the moon Monday, onboard cameras sent back a picture of Earth — a blue dot surrounded by blackness.
First visit by a space capsule since Apollo program 50 years ago