The American crewed lunar spacecraft begins its return journey to Earth

People’s Finance and News, April 8—According to NASA, Orion, the spacecraft carrying out the crewed lunar flyby mission Artemis 2 for the United States, began its journey back to Earth on July 7. According to the mission plan released by NASA, after completing the lunar flyby, Orion will roughly depart the Moon’s gravitational influence at 1:23 p.m. Eastern Time on July 7 (1:23 a.m. Beijing Time on April 8). Next, at 9:03 p.m. Eastern Time on July 7, the spacecraft will ignite its thrusters to perform the first of three orbital correction burns, adjusting the spacecraft’s trajectory and further calibrating its path back to Earth. The spacecraft is expected to splash down near the coast off San Diego, California, on the 10th. (Xinhua)