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At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland.

Credit: NASA/James M. Blair

2 posted on 12/12/2022 1:26:59 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Is this the first unmanned spacecraft to visit the moon and return to earth?


4 posted on 12/12/2022 1:30:01 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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Looks like a horrible case of polyps. What exactly was the Space Force doing up there?


5 posted on 12/12/2022 1:30:02 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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Apollo 11 capsule:


18 posted on 12/12/2022 2:56:40 PM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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Looks in far better shape than Apollo after re-entry.


26 posted on 12/12/2022 9:08:38 PM PST by Zathras
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