important data and check how the spacecraft is performing. this is a test flight, so there are no people on board. instead, there are mannequins covered in thousands of sensors collecting important data. most of those sensors are getting an idea of whether its environment is going to be ok for people. so things like radiation sensors, motion sensors, accelerometers, things like that, things that we as human payloads are going to care a lot about. and this is vital because if this mission is a success, astronauts willjoin the next ride, taking in these views for themselves, like this one with the earth as a pale blue dot. but there s some way to go yet. and nasa will be assessing every stage of the spacecraft s journey before it returns home with a splashdown in the pacific ocean on the 11th of december. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich.
during the several weeks 0rion is in orbit, nasa will collect important data and check how the spacecraft is performing. this is a test flight, so there are no people on board. instead, there are mannequins covered in thousands of sensors collecting important data. most of those sensors are getting an idea of whether its environment is going to be ok for people. so things like radiation sensors, motion sensors, accelerometers, things like that, things that we as human payloads are going to care a lot about. and this is vital because if this mission is a success, astronauts will join the next ride, taking in these views for themselves, like this one with the earth as a pale blue dot. but there s some way to go yet. nasa will be assessing every stage of the spacecraft s journey before it returns home with a splashdown in the pacific ocean on the 11th of december. rebecca morelle, bbc news. in hertfordshire three little ponies are helping to bring some cheer to hospital patients. charlie,