Closest Moon Fly-by by NASA's Artemis 1 Orion Spacecraft Ends with Stunning Images

AMSTERDAM - Nov. 22, 2022 - PRLog -- On Monday, NASA's unmanned Orion spacecraft successfully accomplished its closest fly-by of the moon. The spacecraft was 81 miles above the lunar surface and travelling at 5,102 miles per hour, according to a tweet from James Free, NASA's Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development. The fourth orbital trajectory adjustment burn of the Orion spacecraft had been successfully accomplished on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission. The tweet stated: "Fly-by finished! NASA This morning, at a speed of 5,102 mph and 81 miles above the lunar surface, Orion successfully accomplished its closest fly-by of the Moon. We performed an outward-powered fly-by burn before the fly-by, accelerating at a pace of more than 580 mph. Look at it here:

Given that the Moon is four times larger than the World, one social media user who saw James Free's image said, "It's amazing how small the earth looks in comparison to the Moon… "Wait for a second"

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