capsule

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Nearby is the computer screen of the CAPCOM, or capsule communicator, the person responsible for all direct communication with the astronauts.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

They have sleeping bags that tether to the wall to keep them from floating around the capsule.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

After spending roughly a day in a stretched‑out "high Earth orbit", Orion's engines, navigation and life-support systems were checked, while the capsule looped our planet.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

In the second, crews headed to the Florida space coast, where they placed the abort system and test capsule on a modified missile.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The capsule bounced in the waves for twenty-one minutes, until the navy destroyer Noa picked him up.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson