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Before heading to Earth, NASA's Artemis I looks at Apollo moon sites [i]With one eye on the future and the other the past, NASA's Artemis I mission flew over the historic Apollo landing sites as it began its journey back to Earth. After spending six days in a lunar distant retrograde orbit, the Artemis I Orion spacecraft fired its main engine on Thursday (Dec. 1) to set up its second close flyby of the moon on Monday. The pass, which at its closest was 79 miles (127 km) above the lunar surface, enabled the uncrewed capsule to use the moon's gravity, in addition to another burn by its engine, to accelerate its return home.[/i]
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