Kate priscilla, thank you. tonight, nasa is celebrating a picture perfect ending to the artemis i lunar mission. the orion spacecraft reentered the earth s atmosphere at almost 24,000 miles an hour a critical uncrewed test flight before nasa puts humans on the next mission to the moon, possibly within two years here s tom costello. reporter: and there it is, high over the pacific. reporter: 12:40 p.m. eastern time, 300 miles south of san diego. splashdown. reporter: nasa s uncrewed artemis mission came to a spectacular bull s eye landing in the pacific ocean. the latest chapter of nasa s journey to the moon comes to a close. orion, back on earth reporter: bobbing in the water, the orion spaceship that will one day carry astronauts back to the moon, wrapping up a 25-day mission 3, 2, 1, boosters
25-point lead they nearly blew. luca rescuing them there. nice to see you, andy. thank for joining me, i m christine real mons. cnn this morning starts right now. four stage engine start. three, two, one. boosters ignition. and liftoff of artemis i we rise together, back to the moon and beyond. there you go. while you were sleeping the artemis moon mission taking flight in a launch that will pave the way for nasa s next era of space exploration. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us it is wednesday, november 16th. we ll go live to the kennedy space center in a moment.