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It was coming in at 25,000 miles an hour, 5000 degrees fahrenheit. and it did that twice as it dipped into the atmosphere and lead off that speed, and then came back up about 150,000 feet. and then dipped in, in this deep dive again to get more speed, then came on in. so, everything worked. >> and as we know, this was not a manned mission, but we know that nasa's hope. when do you think we will know about human crew? might we get an announcement soon? would you like to make some news here? >> as a matter of fact, you are going to hear pretty soon. we are going to encourage the headquarters her...

They're gonna do some visual inspections, and then they actually hook some cables onto it. the uss portland will actually pull out of the water, they bring it back to the navy base in san diego, and then back to the kennedy space center, where they do some more intensive tests. but big picture here, this is exactly what nasa needed in order to move forward with its artemis program. this was the uncrewed test flight and now they are going to be able to start thinking about who they're going to put on the crew of artemis two, which is going to be circling, orbiting the moon, so to speak. and the...

Might, you know? >> that's right. >> they've been waiting years with no shuttle, now they've got this. >> i can't wait to hear that part two. all right, kristen fisher, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> joining me now is nasa administrator, bill nelson. bill, thanks so much for being with us, we appreciate it. what was the emotion like inside nasa watching the orion spacecraft returned to earth today? it looks like everything went flawlessly and everybody must have been just so pleased. 50 years to the day that astronauts last stepped foot on the moon. >> the emotion was there. it was confide...

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She died at a las vegas hospital on saturday after a brief undisclosed illness. gorme was 84 years old. >> since you are up at the hour take a look outside for one of nature's biggest shows, it is peak time for the perseid meteor shower, which take place this time of year every year. showers are most intense before the sun comes up. the perseid generates about 100 meteors in an hour. for those of us stuck inside nasa is doing live streaming as well. >> got to turn that on. >> got to go to central park and lie down. >> yes. all right, your monday forecast thunderstorms from the carolinas to the...