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when orion gets near the moon lunar

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gravity will pull the spacecraft to

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about 60 miles above the moon's surface

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mission controllers precisely fire the

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service module's engines aiming for the

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exact altitude or height of a distant

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retrograde orbit orion travels for five

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days to meet the orbit forty thousand

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miles beyond the moon

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once at just the right height a second

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burn of the service module engines

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steadies orion into dro the orbit is

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called distant because orion will be

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orbiting very high above the moon's

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surface

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retrograde is just a fancy word for

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opposite

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the moon travels around the earth in one

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direction

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orion will go around the moon in the

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opposite direction

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dro is a stable orbit that's easy for

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orion to remain in

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once in the orbit orion will travel for