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>> rex tillerson says the u.s. is still in the early stages of applying economic and diplomatic pressure against the reclusive regime, but todays test is disturbing. >> the ongoing testing is disappointing, its disturbing and we asked that they cease that because until they seize that testing, clearly they have not changed their view. i think we are early into the game of putting pressure on them and one could also interpret that perhaps they are just acting out in response to the pressure that ...

Vehicle back upright, not in a splashdown in the ocean. it came back down, six miles away from where it launched. >> the trails, what it looked like going up, what it looked like coming down. musk shared it on social media. is that what makes this din, the returning part, reusable. >> correct. normally what happens you have expendable rockets where you launch into space and the spacecraft survives, hopefully, but the launch vehicle is not reused. a lot of times, in fact in most systems the soyuz...

Drug smugglers hurling their stolen vehicles back into the rio grande were doing it for one reason. to protect their dope at all costs. >> all units we had a splash down. we have a splashdown in the river. >> they dont mind losing the truck into the river. at the end of the day if they can recover 2,000 pounds of narcotics with an estimated street value between 600 and 800,000 thats what theyre going to do is protect that inventory. >> its going under. suspect just about on my side. >> reporter:...

Understand is how well coordinated this is and what the level of scouting and planning and organization is. >> right coming up. >> reporter: these videos of chases at first made no sense. >> you getting a shot of this? >> yeah, i got it. >> reporter: drug runners caught in the u.s. and then racing back to mexico. >> coming up to the river. >> reporter: their stolen vehicles hurled full speed into the rio grande. >> oh, my god. splash down. >> reporter: at first, law enforcement believed these we...

Disturbing of all to holland, more coordination, lookouts, even reconnaissance in smuggling. >> one thing you have to understand is how well coordinated this is and what the level of scouting and planning and organization is. >> right curve in the road coming up. >> reporter: these videos of chases at first made no sense. >> you getting a shot of this? >> yeah, i got it. >> reporter: drug runners caught in the u.s. and then racing back to mexico. >> coming up to the river. >> reporter: their sto...

Spacecraft that was released into the atmosphere for roughly four hours, just so we could get a sneak peek of what is to come in the future. this will potentially bring us to mars in the future. this is an astronauts perspective of re-entry into the earths atmosphere. around that capsule, we are starting to ionize the gas particles. temperatures are reaching roughly 4,000 degrees fahrenheit. we are talking two times that of the temperature of molton lava. you would feel eight times the force we ...

Slowing it down to 20 miles an hour. phil keating was there for the launch. he can help us through the splashdown. phil? >> reporter: this is tremendous, first-of-its-kind video from a nasa unmanned drone aircraft thats been flying out 600 miles southwest of san diego over the pacific for several hours now, and the orion has performed perfectly, flawlessly, and it is about to splash down out in the pacific ocean. the drone capturing the live shot of the parachiewpts deploying, those huge orange ...

Spacecraft. a spacecraft that will take us, eventually to marrs. there it is. its back down. >> the splashdown has been confirmed. >> its beautiful! >> yes. its back. everything worked! its unbelievable. it went up to 3600 miles. it came back through the atmosphere at 20,000 miles per hour. generated heat 4,000 degrees, twice the heat of a volcanic lava it and it survived. it came through. everything is working perfectly. as we said, its the next generation spacecraft, tamron. it will set us on ...

Spike as it crosses a bridge into the future. and we now have confirmation that orion is stable, upright. orion splashdown at a mission elapse time of 4:24. >> a 4:24 flight. supposed to land -- splashdown west of baja, california, alina. we know this was a test flight. theyre looking at testing some of the modules and equipment on board. testing out the heat shield, correct? >> yeah, this is really all about testing orion, seeing what -- how it handles getting out of the earths atmosphere and r...

To space in this new orion capsule, they were going to a peak altitude of about 5,800 kilometers. 15 times higher than the international space station is currently. youre looking there at a lye look, they have helicopters that will be perusing the ocean. the navy will be involved in this recovery operation. theyll keep an eye out to see where the splashdown occurs. they will then go and grab on to this. its a recovery mission, essentially, on that water landing. they will find the capsule, theyl...