Watch Artemis 1's Orion spacecraft enter lunar orbit Friday - Space.com

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft will arrive in orbit around the moon on Friday afternoon (Nov. 25), and you can watch the milestone moment live.

Orion has been making its circuitous way to Earth's nearest neighbor since launching last Wednesday (Nov. 16) on NASA's Artemis 1 mission — and the uncrewed capsule is about to reach its destination.

EST (2152 GMT), Orion is scheduled to perform an engine burn that will insert the spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) around the moon.

Related: NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates.

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The nearly-26-day Artemis 1 mission is designed to vet Orion and NASA's huge Space Launch System rocket, which sent the capsule skyward last week, ahead of planned crewed missions to the moon!

The first of those astronaut flights, Artemis 2, will send Orion around the moon in 2024.

Watch fiery separation of NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket boosters.