form around the capsule and it reached temperatures of almost 4,000 degrees fahrenheit. natalie, that is twice the temperature of molten lava. it took 11 parachutes to slow this capsule down just before it landed in the pacific ocean about 600 miles off the california coast. it was only traveling at 20 miles per hour. >> isn't that something? it's amazing where they get the cameras to show us. >> i know it. if you look on the last few images you'll start to see the splash, the big splash when this thing finally reaches the ocean. >> which side? >> what a cool thing to see, actually. >> there it is. >> this is a pre-kurs who are to us potentially, humans traveling to mars. we need to do the unmanned space crafts and release them just to get the testing for the heat shields and all the various components to make all the technology to work. >> that's fascinating. thanks, eric.