images like this. selfies with the moon and earth, and high def close ups with moon craters. the orion spacecraft is barreling back home. reporter: orion reentering the atmosphere like a rock skipping on water. pushing through 5,000 degrees of heat. and the critical moment, successfully deploying those parasuits. there it is. high over the pacific. america s new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view. when humans do great things, we call them moon shots. now our generation has a moon shot. reporter: it was 50 years ago when american astronauts last stepped foot on the moon. now america hopes to do it again to establish a base aroon the and around it. orion is a very important part of our oefrl transportation infrastructure. reporter: and linsey, artemis
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 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
and killing two members of the security forces. the first execution linked to the protests took place on thursday. it was roundly condemned by western countries. nasa s uncrewed orion capsule has splashed down in the pacific, ending a three week test mission. the flight prepares the way for the return of astronauts to the moon. our 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, orion has travelled faster and hotter than any space vehicle has done before. the 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 tra
spacecraft to come home. with images taken from the capsule just after it entered the earth s atmosphere, orion has travelled faster and hotter than any space vehicle has done before. the 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 sjourney 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. three, two, one.
main chutes. time to splash down, 90 seconds. perfect descent rate reported. and there it is. high over the pacific, america s new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view. orion, descending toward