Here's a rundown of how NASA's Artemis I mission unfolded after a couple scrubbed launch attempts:
Launch with Space Launch System rockets: Nov. 16, 1:47 a.m. EST from launchpad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Splashdown of Orion Crew Module: Dec. 11, 9:40 a.m. EST about 100 miles off the coast of Baja California, Mexico
Duration: 25.5 days
Distance traveled: 1.4 million miles around the moon
Distance from Earth: 268,563 miles at farthest point on Nov. 28. (Image taken from camera mounted on one of the spacecraft’s solar arrays showing moon in foreground and Earth beyond.)
Temperature on re-entry: 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit
Speed at re-entry: 25,000 mph slowed to 19 mph at splashdown with 11 parachutes and drogues
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Recovery of Orion crew module: heading to USS Portland well deck
Dec. 13: Landing in San Diego and then to Kennedy Space Center