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. they're 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 earth's atmosphere and returning into the earth's atmosphere. early on nasa was giving every