NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Baja California on December 11, capping a highly successful first flight of the new spacecraft and rocket system that will power the Artemis lunar program. The uncrewed mission blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on November 16 atop the Space Launch System and spent 25 days traveling to lunar orbit and back. Here’s a look at scenes from the Artemis 1 mission.

View of Earth taken from a camera onboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft on the first day of the unmanned Artemis 1 lunar test flight, November 16, 2022.

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