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![NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft during its distant retrograde orbit departure burn. Earth can be seen in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uPak9hgKJcdVH9tLJpj7q-320-80.jpg)
Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft suffered power blip hours before its close lunar flyby
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Orion spacecraft had a brief power issue on Sunday (Dec. 4) but did complete its planned engine burn to return home as planned today.
![earth crescent far in background with moon looming behind spacecraft](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9DC8uFGAEjp2XL2DaJa8kU-320-80.png)
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft completes crucial moon flyby maneuver for trip home
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion capsule finished a crucial engine burn during a flyby of the moon on Monday morning (Dec. 5).
![mannequin astronaut in spacesuit cockpit with pink light filling the view, shining from an abort tower's rocket engines (just out of frame)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pJAQ69MSgQaf3ErCPpXrEQ-320-80.png)
Blown away! Watch NASA's Artemis 1 Launch Abort System blast off into space (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Luckily, the launch abort system wasn't needed during the Artemis 1 launch to the moon. But the view its departure left behind looks just like a moment from 'Interstellar' or 'Star Wars'.
![An artist's depiction of the James Webb Space Telescope in deep space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9AysSD3r4yQiQVWt9Wfrob-320-80.jpg)
Artemis 1 moon mission squeezing communications with James Webb Space Telescope
By Meghan Bartels published
Two major NASA missions that have launched in the past year are revealing a communications weakness in space.
![close up of orion spacecraft with earth very far in the distance](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uPak9hgKJcdVH9tLJpj7q-320-80.jpg)
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves moon's orbit to head home
By Brett Tingley published
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully completed a roughly two-minute lunar departure burn on Thursday (Dec. 1) to begin heading home after successful lunar orbits.
![On Nov. 28, 2022, NASA's Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis 1 mission when it was 268,563 miles (432210 kilometers) away from our home planet.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qezgkija2pxiqnWXpqyaba-320-80.jpg)
Watch as NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves lunar orbit today (Dec. 1)
By Mike Wall last updated
NASA's Orion capsule will perform a crucial engine burn to depart lunar orbit Thursday (Dec. 1) at 4:54 p.m. EST, and you can watch the action live.
![NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches toward the moon atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7o9wXpvkA6dgTgG8RwZDVB-320-80.jpg)
Artemis 1 moon rocket, NASA's most powerful ever, aced its debut launch, agency says
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Space Launch System megarocket hit all of its marks during its first-ever liftoff two weeks ago, agency officials said.
![On Nov. 28, 2022, NASA's Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis 1 mission when it was 268,563 miles (432210 kilometers) away from our home planet.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qezgkija2pxiqnWXpqyaba-320-80.jpg)
Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft hits halfway point of epic moon mission
By Mike Wall published
NASA's Orion spacecraft hit the halfway point of its historic Artemis 1 moon mission in fine form.
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