ᴴᴰ Full Onboard Re-entry into Earth’s Atmosphere ● New NASA Spacecraft

Onboard ride during the re-entry of Orion shows the extreme conditions a spacecraft endures as it returns to Earth.. Orion launched on its first test flight of two orbits in 4.5 hours on Dec.5 - 2014. ... Enable Annotations for Metric values EFT 1 traveled 3,600 miles above Earth to test the new vehicle. It was NASA’s furthest & fastest capsule mission since Apollo. The new spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean under its three main parachutes. Music: Interstellar Spheres by William Pearson For information about Orion, visit: .