Iran Press/ America: NASA’s Orion capsule has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after making an uncrewed voyage around the Moon, winding up the inaugural mission of the US space agency’s Artemis lunar program 50 years to the day after Apollo’s final Moon landing.
After racing through the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 25,000 miles per hour (40,000 kilometers per hour), the un-crewed capsule floated down to the sea with the help of three large red and orange parachutes, as seen on NASA TV.
"NASA had a picture-perfect splashdown," said Melissa Jones, NASA's landing and recovery director.
During the trip around Earth's orbiting satellite and back, Orion logged well over a million miles and went farther from Earth than any previous habitable spacecraft. 219
