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Why a lunar flyby is the safest way to get to the moon and back
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5:22Now PlayingOn Thursday night, the Artemis II crew will execute a trans-lunar injection burn, which will put their spacecraft on what's called a free-return trajectory around the moon. Nathalie Ouellette, an astrophysicist at the University of Montreal, explains why this is the safest way to get the ship close to the moon and back to Earth.
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