Artemis I Orion Completes Lunar Orbit Insertion

Artemis 1 and Moon

The Moon is visible behind Artemis 1 in this image captured on Nov. 24.

Credit: NASA via Flickr
HOUSTON—NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft successfully executed a second major maneuver using propulsion from the capsule’s European Space Agency-provided service module on Nov. 25 to place it into the test flight’s intended distant retrograde orbit (DRO) around the Moon 10 days into the planned 26...

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