NASA's Orion spacecraft finished its final stretch of Artemis 1 mission, closing in on the inner layer of Earth's atmosphere, making splash down.
As the capsule reached around 200,000 feet above the Earth's surface, it performed a roll maneuver that briefly sent the capsule back upward - sort of like skipping a rock across the surface of a lake."Skip entry gives us a consistent landing site that supports astronaut safety because it allows teams on the ground to better and faster coordinate recovery efforts," said Joe Bomba, Lockheed Martin's Orion aerosciences aerothermal lead, in a statement.
While there were no astronauts on this test mission - just a few mannequins equipped to gather data and a Snoopy doll - Nelson, the NASA chief, has stressed the importance of demonstrating that the capsule can make a safe return. A secondary goal of this mission was for Orion's service module, a cylindrical attachment at the bottom of the spacecraft, to deploy 10 small satellites. But at least four of those satellites failed after being jettisoned into orbit, including a miniature lunar lander developed in Japan and one of NASA's own payload that was intended to be one of the first tiny satellites to explore interplanetary space.
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