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NASA’s Orion capsule is back from the moon. The capsule made a blisteringly fast return Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight. The
Orion has travelled faster and hotter than any space vehicle has done before. ground control: 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, america's new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view. then splashdown. the artemis mission is complete. from tranquility base to taurus—littrow to the tranquil waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the moon comes to a close. we are adventurers, we are explorers, we always have a frontier, and...
About to go subsonic. - a series of parachutes open, rapidly slowing the capsule down. three good main chutes for 0rion, and there it is — high over the pacific, america's new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view. then splashdown. the artemis mission is complete. from tranquility base to taurus—littrow to the tranquil waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the moon comes to a close. we are adventurers, we are explorers, we always have a frontier, and that frontier is now to continue exploring the heavens. ground control: three, two, one... and lift—of...
The successful mission now paves the way for a manned flyby mission around the Moon with the crew expected to be announced in early 2023.
He welcome to bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira. our top stories: a libyan, suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988, is confirmed to be in us custody. officials in ukraine say their military has attacked the headquarters of russia's notorious wagner group in the east of the country. four children are in a critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in central england. splashdown, from the tranquility base to the waters of the pacific, the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the moon