Orion capsule bounces off atmosphere to complete hottest and fastest reentry ever, capping off NASA's Artemis 1 mission

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The uncrewed capsule, which launched Nov. 16 atop the 30-story Space Launch System "mega moon rocket" as part of NASA's $20 billion Artemis 1 mission, made its triumphant return from its 26-day, record-breaking, 1.4 million-mile (2.2 million kilometers) round trip to the moon at 12:40 p.m. EST on Dec. 11. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/11) [] Amazing Earth [] [Deadly 'rogue wave' smashes into cruise ship near Antarctica - but where did it come from?]( [Deadly 'rogue wave' smashes into cruise ship near Antarctica - but where did it come from?]( (Alexis Delelisi/AFP via Getty Images) A suspected "rogue wave" recently smashed into a cruise ship sailing from Antarctica to Argentina. The freak event killed one person and injured four others. But where do these freakishly tall waves come from? And is climate change expected to make them more common or extreme? 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