ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA chased down the Orion spacecraft after its record-breaking reentry into Earth’s atmosphere Sunday to conclude the Artemis I mission that lifted off from Kennedy Space Center more than three weeks ago.
“And there it is, high over the Pacific, America’s new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond now in view,” said Rob Navias with NASA communications as the first images of the capsule emerged descending under three unfurled main parachutes 1,000 feet above the water’s surface.
It made contact at 12:40 and 30 seconds a.m. EST after 25 days, 10 hours and 54 minutes and 50 seconds, unofficially.
