Orion is on its way home: Navy divers await arrival of NASA’s space capsule in the Pacific Ocean as it’s set for spashdown after 1.3 million mile voyage to the moon and back that lasted 25 days
- Orion space capsule is set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at 5.40pm GMT
- The mission began with successful lift-off from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida
- Craft will take humans around the moon for its next mission, planned for 2024
Navy divers are waiting to recover NASA‘s space capsule Orion in the Pacific Ocean as it is set to splash-down after a 1.3 million mile voyage to the Moon and back.
The spaceship, which has been on a 25-day journey around the Moon, is set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean near Guadalupe Island at 5.40pm GMT.
The Artemis I mission began with a successful liftoff of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on November 16, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA’s unmanned Orion spaceship approaches Earth as it returns from its Moon mission
This afternoon it separated from the European Service Module and flew on its own through the Earth’s atmosphere.
If successful, the craft will take humans around the moon for its next mission, planned for 2024.
The splashdown is the final hurdle Orion faces in what has so far been a successful demonstration mission.
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