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Editor's Note: This advisory was update on Nov. 20, 2022 to reflect a new start time -- 5:15 a.m. EST -- for live NASA Television coverage of Orion's lunar flyby on Monday, Nov. 21.

NASA will host a news conference at 5 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 18, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to preview Orion’s entry into the Moon’s sphere of influence and the pair of maneuvers that will propel the spacecraft into a distant retrograde lunar orbit.

NASA will provide live coverage on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app.

Participants will include:

Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager, NASA Headquarters
Jeff Radigan, flight director, Johnson
Jim Geffre, Orion vehicle integration manager, Johnson
Media wishing to participate in the news conference in-person must request credentials from the Johnson newsroom at: 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov no later than 12 p.m. EST / 11 a.m. CST Friday, Nov. 18. Media interested in participating by phone must also contact the Johnson newsroom by 4 p.m. EST / 3 p.m. CST Friday. Those wanting to submit a question on social media may do so using #AskNASA.

Orion’s entry into the lunar sphere of influence will make the Moon, instead