Flight Day 16: Mission Control during Distant Retrograde Departure

Artemis-1 flight controllers during Orion Distant Retrograde Departure. Photo Date: December 1, 2022. Location: Building 30, MCC, FCR-1. Photographer: Robert Markowitz

jsc2022e090747 (Dec. 1, 2022): Flight controllers Doug Haskovec and Amar Ollero at the mechanical and power officer console in Houston’s Mission Control Center observe the Orion spacecraft under the direction of Flight Director Rick LaBrode. The spacecraft departed its distant retrograde orbit on flight day 16 of the Artemis I mission – one of the steps needed to bring the spacecraft home from the Moon. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

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