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NASA capsule buzzes moon, last big step before lunar orbit

| November 21, 2022 3:25 PM

By MARCIA DUNN

AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon Monday, whipping around the far side and buzzing the lunar surface on its way to a record-breaking orbit with test dummies sitting in for astronauts...

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