Unfolding right now: Orion's closest encounter with the moon as it enters distant retrograde orbit
, which have been producing enough electricity to run two average US homes. DRO, however, will let it cut down power use, except for with instruments and further trajectory burns.40,000 miles past the far side of the moon
, which is the farthest any habitable vehicle has gone in space. At that point of the orbit, it will be close to 300,000 miles away from Earth. Orion should hit that point in early December, and then start making its circuitous way back home.Purbita Saha is the Deputy Editor at Popular Science.
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