The unmanned capsule splashed down off the Baja California coast of Mexico.
. It moved into lunar orbit nine days later and left on Dec. 1. On Monday, Orion fired its main engine in its longest burn of the mission -- 3.5 minutes -- during a lunar flyby to head back to Earth.
NASA’s Apollo program landed 12 astronauts on the moon.
. NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Corp., which developed the Orion spacecraft, SpaceX, Northrop Grumman Corp. and other companies to develop vehicles and other components for the effort, according to the newspaper.
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