the moon. this is further than any spacecraft built for humans has gone. then another close fly by of the moon. that kind of help slingshot orion back on a trajectory for earth. so that women are gravity assists was really crucial. this splash down here. huge test for the heat shields, for the 1300 formal resistant tiles. big test for the parachutes to make sure that they could deploy unroll. bring orion from 24,500 miles an hour to zero at splash down. let s go ahead and show you some of what they are studying on this mission. remember, this was unmanned. but eventually the goal is to put humans in the orion capsule. there are mannequins on board with sensors under the seats. radiation vests. there were also mannequin wearing a new generation space suit. alex, the ultimate goal here. we ll have humans going on a ryan. hopefully 2024. to do the same mission a fly by in a deep space.
less than an hour ago, the dramatic landing as nasa s orion spacecraft return from opening the moon. and it s pretty exciting. we have lindsey and lindsey reiser, back in the big board of this. we were so enjoying this one is going down about an hour ago. how did it go overall? were there any hiccups to the walk us through the big return to earth. i like, there is going to be post event press conference later today. so maybe we ll find out if there were any hiccups. as of right now, they are calling this textbook. let s go ahead and look at some of the live images right now the nafta is giving us. this really was the culmination of so many tests. testing the rocket system. the most powerful rocket system ever both so far. testing orion s heat shield. making sure that it could withstand 5000 degrees fahrenheit coming back into earth atmosphere. to give you an idea here of the flight path for a ryan, after leaving earth, around the clothes fly by of the moon. then flew disintereste
spike as it crosses a bridge into the future. and we now have confirmation that orion is stable, upright. orion splashdown at a mission elapse time of 4:24. a 4:24 flight. supposed to land splashdown west of baja, california, alina. we know this was a test flight. they re looking at testing some of the modules and equipment on board. testing out the heat shield, correct? yeah, this is really all about testing orion, seeing what how it handles getting out of the earth s atmosphere and returning into the earth s atmosphere. early on nasa was giving every