NASA & ESA Leaders Discuss Distant Retrograde Orbit Departure Burn of Orion Vehicle (Nov. 30, 2022)

Leaders from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) present an overview of the upcoming distant retrograde orbit departure (DRD) burn of the Orion vehicle on Nov. 30. DRD, scheduled for Dec. 1. Orion will complete the DRD burn in preparation to leave the Distant Retrograde Orbit the next day, readying Orion for the Return Powered Fly By Burn Monday, Dec. 5, sending Orion back to Earth for a planned splashdown on Dec. 11. Flight controllers continue to checkout key systems on the vehicle as part of the Artemis I mission.
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