Orion capsule still on track for moon flyby

NASA's uncrewed Orion spacecraft is now more than half way to the Moon.On Friday, flight controllers used Orion's cameras to inspect the crew module thermal protection system and European Service Module, the first of two planned external evaluations for the spacecraft.

The launch on Wednesday of the Artemis I moon rocket brings the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program.If all goes well, the crew capsule will be propelled into a wide orbit around the moon, before returning to Earth with a Pacific splashdown in three weeks.NASA hopes to send four astronauts around the moon on the next flight, in 2024, and land humans there as early as 2025.