NASA's Orion spacecraft reaches the moon, flying 81 miles above the surface

This screengrab from NASA TV shows NASA's Orion capsule, left, nearing the moon, right, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022.At center is earth.(NASA via AP) (AP)Five days after launching from the Kennedy Space Center, NASA's Orion spacecraft reached the moon Monday, passing within 81 miles of the lunar surface, marking the completion of the a key step in the space agency's Artemis campaign to return astronauts there within a few years.

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