NASA's uncrewed Orion spacecraft will reach the moon Monday, flying roughly 80 miles...
Humans have not visited the moon since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. And while the Orion spacecraft does not have people onboard — just three data-collecting mannequins called Commander Moonikin Campos, Zohar and Helga — it is the first of three Artemis Program missions that will return astronauts to the lunar surface.
Orion will use the moon's gravitational force to swing once around the moon and then travel toward the location for its next engine burn. Thus far, the Orion spacecraft has exceeded expectations in space. Still, Mike Sarafin, NASA's Artemis I mission manager on Friday said the team had been working through a few"funnies."
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