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WASHINGTON. NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California on Sunday, December 11, following an historic mission, during which it traveled more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the moon and carried out its Artemis I flight test. 

NASA administrator Nelson is confident that the Artemis mission will proceed as planned and reach the Moon even if the Chinese program catches up real quickly.

An uncrewed Orion capsule successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Sunday, Dec. 11, at 12:39 p.m. ET concluding NASAs Artemis I moon mission.

Los Angeles, Dec 12: NASA’s Orion spacecraft returned to Earth after making an uncrewed mission around the moon. After 25.5 days in space and a 2.24-million-km journey around the moon, the Orion spacecraft splashed down off the coast of the US state of California at 12:39 pm Eastern Time (1739 GMT) on Sunday. Orion was launched onboard NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on November 16 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the Artemis I mission. The Artemis I […]

With the Orion capsule's safe landing, NASA has taken its first step toward getting astronauts back to the Moon for the first time in 50 years.

With the Orion capsule's safe landing, NASA has taken its first step toward getting astronauts back to the Moon for the first time in 50 years.

As Artemis I wraps up with Orion’s return to Earth, NASA has finalized its contract with Boeing of Huntsville for approximately $3.2 billion to continue manufacturing core and upper stages

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft returned from its 26-day, record-breaking 1.4 million-mile (2.2 million kilometers) roundtrip to the Moon on December 11, 2022. The uncrewed spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere at an impressive speed of 25,000 mph (40,000 kph. This is 32 times faster than the speed of sound. The capsule's flawless splashdown into the  Pacific Ocean marks the first step in returning humans to the Moon again.

Orion’s test flight included a lunar flyby and a journey further into space than any previous habitable spacecraft.

NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully splashed down into the Pacific Ocean after a 25-day mission around the moon.