NASA’S Orion spacecraft was yesterday orbiting the Moon halfway through its milestone test flight. The capsule — with three mannequins instead of astronauts — fired up its engines on Friday. In the…
NASA’S Orion spacecraft was yesterday orbiting the Moon halfway through its milestone test flight.
The spacecraft was yesterday orbiting the Moon halfway through its milestone test flightEarthThe mission is part of Nasa’s £4billion Artemis project, which is aiming for a 2025 lunar landing, the first since theNasa’s Jim Geffre said of the mission: “It’s about challenging ourselves to go farther, stay longer and push beyond the limits of what we’ve previously explored.”
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