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According to NASA, Orion will loop once around the Earth, flinging it approximately 40,000 miles beyond the Moon, where it will zip around it on November 21.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

Tracing a serpentine path known as a distant retrograde orbit, the spacecraft will loop 1.5 times around the moon, coming to within 60 miles of the cratered lunar surface at closest approach.

From Scientific American • Aug. 24, 2022

The three-week Artemis-1 mission will test the SLS and Orion before astronauts are allowed aboard for Artemis-2, which will loop around the Moon in late 2023.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2021

But the layers could have a volcanic origin, as well—and so the rover will loop south around Séítah later this year, nudging into a flat space where it can safely sample.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 21, 2021

The pilot says he will loop around Van Nuys and head down to the 101 freeway.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2020