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Nasa's Orion capsule barrel through Earth’s atmosphere and splash down in the Pacific ocean.

Orion was the first capsule to visit the moon since then, launching on NASA’s new mega moon rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 16. It was the first flight of NASA’s new Artemis moon program, named after Apollo’s mythological twin sister.

The orion spacecraft touched down on earth yesterday after nearly a month gathering data and pictures in space. the unmanned capsule splashed down in the pacific ocean, marking the end of nasa's artemis mission. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. after a million mile journey through space, our blue planet comes into view. it's time for the orion spacecraft to come home. with images taken from the capsule just after it entered the earth's atmosphere, 0rion has travelled faster and hotter than any space vehicle has done before. the spacecraft about to go subsonic. a series of parachutes...

A Navy ship quickly moved in to recover the spacecraft and its silent occupants.

NASA’s Orion capsule is back from the moon