LaBrode was speaking during a news conference at Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he and other NASA officials provided an update on the mission's progress to test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.Its mission will not be complete until the spacecraft maneuvers back around the Moon, returns to Earth, survives reentry into the atmosphere, splashes down into the ocean, and is recovered off the coast near San Diego.However, the mission is going so well that NASA has decided to add objectives, such as firing various thrusters for longer than intended to verify their performance.This work will further increase NASA's confidence in the Orion capsule and the propulsive service module provided by the European Space Agency.It was a long, bumpy, and costly development path to reach this mission with the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft."