Orion capsule on track for close encounter with the moon
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Nearly five days after its sky-lighting launch, NASA's unpiloted Orion crew capsule closed in on the moon Sunday
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The goal is to pave the way toward a piloted flight around the moon in 2024
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NASA managers met Saturday and gave flight controllers a "go" to proceed with Orion's "outbound powered flyby" maneuver
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About 19 minutes after the capsule passes behind the moon on a left-to-right trajectory as viewed from Earth
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The burn will change Orion's velocity by about 350 mph, committing the craft to a course-changing flyby
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Two minutes after passing within about 80 miles of the lunar surface at 7:57 a.m.
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In that planned orbit, Orion will reach a point farther from Earth — 268,558 miles — than any previous human-rated vehicle
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"We'll do the burn ... off the backside of the moon for about two and a half minutes," said Flight Director Jeff Radigan
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That fourth and final burn will put the spacecraft on course for Earth with splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of San Diego planned for 12:40 p.m. EST on December 11