Watch as Artemis 1's Orion spacecraft leaves lunar orbit Thursday

[Admin]

NASA's Orion capsule will perform a crucial engine burn to depart lunar orbit Thursday (Dec. 1) at 4:54 p.m. EST, and you can watch the action live.

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[Unclear Engineer]

It would be nice if this article explains why it will be 11 days before the capsule splashes down on Earth. It seems that at least this mission is using gravity assist from the Moon, both going there and coming back. Is that the planned concept for later missions to the surface, or will those be shorter duration flights to/from?