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About to go subsonic. a series of parachutes open, rapidly slowing down the capsule. three good main chutes for 0rion, and there it is, high over the pacific, americas new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond in view. then splashdown — the artemis mission complete. from tranquility base to taurus—littrow to the tranquil waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasas journey to the moon comes to a close. we are adventurers, we are explorers. i we always have a frontier. and that frontier...

The landing was the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission, which is being hailed by the Biden administration and the corporate media as the precursor to new crewed missions to the Moon and possibly Mars.

Cbss mark straussman has more. >> reporter: a home coming splashdown, the first of many that nasa imagines in its lunar dreams. >> orion is in great shape. >> reporter: recovery teams pulled the orion capsule from the pacific. >> i dont think any one of us could have imagined a mission this successful. >> reporter: 25 days ago nsa launched the artemis 1 test flight. in all a 1.4 million mile lunar round trip. from deep space orion beamed back spectacular imagery of the twice the capsule flew wit...

The orion spacecraft touched down on earth yesterday after nearly a month gathering data and pictures in space. the unmanned capsule splashed down in the pacific ocean, marking the end of nasas artemis mission. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. after a million mile journey through space, our blue planet comes into view. its time for the orion spacecraft to come home. with images taken from the capsule just after it entered the earths atmosphere, 0rion has travelled faster and hotter th...

Leave their homes. plus splashdown. nasas historic artemis mission ends with a successful return to earth. keystone cleanup, a pipeline rupture in rural kansas sparks environmental concerns. with the flu and covid surging could masks make a comeback? well get a checkup. and finally tonight a sweet treat from colorado. meet the woman improving lives one caramel apple at a time. >> theres no calories in an apple when you do it for charity. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with ...

Fueling public hate and divisions. you may have money, but you have no class. elsewhere, nasas owe ryan capsule returned to earth after completing an unmanned trip around the moon. the spacecraft had a picture perfect splashdown yesterday in the pacific ocean off the coast of san diego. the next step and nasas mission is to send a crude flight around the world. thats currently scheduled for 2024. still ahead, iran carries out another extreme punishment in an effort to crack down on public pr...

The two sides agreed that the meeting was candid and constructive and agreed to stay in communication, unquote. so thats a rather positive signal there from beijing, even after the fact that secretary blinken quite recently praised the zero-covid protests that took place earlier in china, protests that were widely censored in china. so nasa is celebrating the success of the artemis one test flight around moon, a 26-day mission after what officials call a textbook return to earth on sunday. >> ...

Spacecraft to come home. with images taken from the capsule just after it entered the earths atmosphere, orion has travelled faster and hotter than any space vehicle has done before. the spacecraft about to go subsonic. a series of parachutes open, rapidly slowing the capsule down. three good main chutes for orion. and there it is. high over the pacific, americas new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view. then splashdown. the artemis mission is complete. from tranquility base to taur...

Uncrewed for this test flight, the capsule is expected to carry astronauts on its next outing, assuming everything works as planned in the coming hours.

Splashdown. from tranquility base to the tranquil waters of the pacific, the tranquil waters of the pacific, the latest phase of a nasas journey to the moon comes to a close. orion splashes down — bringing a return to the moon one small step closer. we are expecting to hear from west midlands police with an update on that incident near solihull, but a number of people have been pulled from a lake in freezing conditions. we dont have a lot of details at the moment, but bring you an update from ...