You can watch a replay of Glover’s message in the video embedded below.
Out of view, Artemis II soared to the apogee, or farthest point, in its flight path, and Earth’s gravity began pulling the Orion spacecraft back home. The mission is tracking along a free return trajectory, meaning the gravitational influences of the Earth and the Moon are steering the capsule toward atmospheric reentry without needing any major rocket burns. A few more course correction maneuvers are planned in the coming days to fine-tune the trajectory.
The crew’s encounter with the Moon concluded with a long-distance call from President Donald Trump on Monday night.
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