NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down off the coast of Baja California, Mexico on Sunday, ending the spacecraft’s 25-day journey around the moon but beginning the U.S. Navy’s mission with NASA. Take a look in photos
NASA's Orion capsule splashed down off the coast of Baja California, Mexico on Sunday, ending the spacecraft's 25-day journey around the moon but beginning the U.S. Navy's mission with NASA.
In the hours following the splashdown, a team of U.S. Navy divers and sailors and NASA engineers worked on Sunday to recover the space vessel and pull it aboard USS Portland. On Monday, the Orion returned to San Diego where it will be offloaded and transported across the country back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Mario Tama/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT – NASA’s unmanned Orion spaceship comes in for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Baja California, Mexico, on December 11, 2022. – Orion was launched November 16 on the Artemis rocket for a 25-day mission to the Moon. The main goal of this mission was to test Orion’s heat shield — for the day when it is humans and not test mannequins riding inside. AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN – DECEMBER 11: NASA’s Orion Capsule is drawn to the U.S.S.
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