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Completed a series of history making events. >> reporter: a key objective is to test the heat shield. it is moving 24,000 miles an hour, 7 miles a second. the heatshield will get 5000 °. they are trying to skip reentry. the capsule will enter thes for, bounce back up, to reduce the heat and the g forces on the astronauts on reentry. 11 parachutes are going to slow this thing down to 20 miles an hour before it hits the water. recovery vessels, several navy ships, are there to bring in the orbite...

During that time the heat shield will a plate, meaning it will shed material. at one point the capsule will roll 180 degrees and go back up out into space. because its going to need more time to cool. then it will reenter a second time and land precisely 50 miles off the coast of san diego. >> wow. >> so this has not been done before. its very exciting. i know everybody -- brilliant folks at nasa. make no mistake. this is still a daunting challenge, and theyre up for it. >> what is the differenc...