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Nasas 0rion space capsule is due to return to earth, ending a three—week test mission around the moon. the unmanned capsule will splash down in the pacific ocean off the coast of california. if it goes smoothly, engineers could determine that its ready to take astronauts back to moon later this decade. this is the live scene at nasa hq. this is the live scene at nasa hq. this is the live scene at nasa hq. this is a live feed at nasa where we are expecting that splashdown in the next minutes. w...

Dummies on board, mannequins, but they were testing to make sure that they were testing to make sure that they werent put under strenuous g forces that would hurt people. it is now going to be a long process of looking at lots of spreadsheets and making sure that everything is ok to start putting people into this. elizabeth, thank you so much for being with us while we watch that incredible moment of splashdown there. thank you for speaking to us. my there. thank you for speaking to us. my pleas...

NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the moon and back

Earth. they have got lots of different faces, because different types of parachutes help with different types of things. you need one type to stabilise it, and these ones are absolutely huge that will slow it right then. and also because it is going through different bits of the atmosphere, certain types of parachutes work better with different types. it is very thin up at the top, and not so thin also earth. �* ., , ~ earth. and the editors. americas new ticket _ earth. and the editors. ameri...

Capsule, but orion is bigger instead of carrying three astronauts, orion can carry three. a critical test of the new heat shield to ensure future astronauts survive re-entry its shield heating up to 5,000 degrees, half the temperature of the sun. the view looking out an orion window. >> this is the moment of truth for orion >> reporter: to bleed off speed, nasa skipped the spaceship off the atmosphere before dipping back in and slowing frfrom 1919,000 mileses per hour r to a gentle splashdown at...

Book ""starry messenger: cosmic perspectives on civilization" ". i cant keep up with how many books you have. extraordinary. >> well, the universe is vast. so there is a lot of occasions to talk about whats going on up there. >> there is a lot to say about it, right? okay. well, welcome back, cuz, you reminded me that our dads are running buddies. that is the coolest thing on earth and beyond. so lets talk about something else thats out of this world. artemis one basically did a slingshot around...

We will work with you every step of the way to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - whats your why? ♪ m mission is set to splashdown in baja, california, tomorrow. the uncrewed spacecraft took a 25-day trip around the moon as a test run for future flights with astronauts onboard. the orion capsule flew 80 miles above the moons surface as it passed by. neil degrasse tyson is an astrophysicist and director of the hayden planetaryiam and he is also the author of the new

Strikes as they progress in the next couple of weeks. but now i want to talk about something more cheerful. last week we spoke to howard hugh of nasa, one of the scientists working on the artemis mission to get people back to the moon. not that we are obsessed with it in the studio. but the mission is up there somewhere, and it has been capturing some amazing pictures. look at this, the artemis missions orion capsule has successfully done a flyby of the moon. look at the detail on the surface, a...

So things like radiation sensors, motion sensors, accelerometers, things like that, things that we as human payloads are going to care a lot about. and this is vital because if this mission is a success, astronauts will join the next ride. taking in these views for themselves, like this one with the earth as a pale blue dot. but theres some way to go yet. nasa will be assessing every stage of the spacecraft�*s journey before it returns home with a splashdown in the pacific ocean on the 11th of...

Kilometres, about 40,000 miles beyond the moon. thats further than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown. during the seven weeks orion is in orbit, nasa will collect important data and check how the spacecraft is performing. this is a test flight, so there are no people on board. instead, there are mannequins covered in thousands of sensors collecting important data. most of those sensors are getting an idea of whether its environment is going to be ok for people. so things like radiati...