NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down west of Baja California Sunday, completing a 25-day mission that clears the way for astronauts to be on the next lunar flyby.
Veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones recaps the historic Artemis I mission after the Orion capsule made a successful return to earth and outlines what this means for the lunar return program.splashed down in the ocean Sunday after a 25-day uncrewed test flight around the moon, concluding a mission that paves the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby. , more than 300 miles south of the original target zone.
The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at 32 times the speed of sound and endured reentry temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit before splashing down near Guadalupe Island. A Navy ship quickly moved in to recover the spacecraft and its silent occupants – three test dummies rigged with vibration sensors and radiation monitors.
The space agency needed a successful splashdown to stay on track for the next Orion flight around the moon, currently targeted for 2024.NASA's Orion spacecraft flew past the moon on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The Orion spacecraft approaches Earth on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, as it neared the end of its three-week test flight to the moon.
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