Flight controller Joel Appel (right) at the propulsion console in Houston’s Mission Control Center observes the Orion spacecraft under the direction of Flight Director Rick LaBrode. The spacecraft departed its distant retrograde orbit on flight day 16 of the Artemis I mission – one of the steps needed to bring the spacecraft home from the Moon
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Johnson Space Center
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NASA/Robert Markowitz
Description
Flight controller Joel Appel (right) at the propulsion console in Houston’s Mission Control Center observes the Orion spacecraft under the direction of Flight Director Rick LaBrode. The spacecraft departed its distant retrograde orbit on flight day 16 of the Artemis I mission – one of the steps needed to bring the spacecraft home from the Moon