NASA's Orion capsule has reached the moon, whipping around the back side and passing within 128 kilometres on its way to a record-breaking lunar orbit.The close approach occurred on Monday as the crew capsule and its three test dummies were on the far side of the moon. Because of the half-hour communication blackout, flight controllers in Houston did not know if the critical engine firing went well until the capsule emerged from behind the moon, more than 375,000 kilometres from Earth.
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