NASA Orion capsule returns to earth after 25-day test flight : NASA Orion capsule has returned to the Earth from the moon on December 11, 2022. NASA has launched the Orion capsule from Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022. NASA’s Orion capsule has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after making an uncrewed voyage around the Moon, winding up the inaugural mission of the US space agency’s Artemis lunar programme 50 years to the day after Apollo’s final Moon landing.
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This capsule was hit the atmosphere at 32 times the speed of sound, and endured reentry temperatures of 5,000°F (2,760°C) before splashing down west of Baja California near Guadalupe Island.
The space agency needed a successful splashdown to stay on track for the next Orion flight around the moon. The gumdrop-shaped Orion capsule, carrying a simulated crew of three mannequins wired with sensors, plunged into the ocean at 9:40am Pacific Standard Time (17:40 GMT) on Sunday off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, executing a key demonstration of how future lunar astronauts would safely return to Earth.
