NASA ended the year on Tout A Declarer (2011) Porn Moviethe highest of notes with the successful return of Orion, the new moonship intended to one day send astronauts back to the lunar surface.
After a more than 25-day stress test in deep space, putting 1.4 million miles on Orion's odometer, the Artemis I mission finished with a splash in the Pacific Ocean off the Baja California peninsula of Mexico at 12:40 p.m. ET on Dec. 11. A U.S. space agency drone captured this historic feat — labeled by top-ranking mission leaders as "textbook" — in a five-minute video released on Wednesday.
Scored with a symphony of helicopter blades whirring, the footage (below) shows Orion emerging from the clouds after an unprecedented re-entry technique, a so-called "skip entry." During the maneuver, the moonship skipped across Earth's atmosphere before plummeting toward the sea.
The mission ushered in the hottest and fastest human spacecraft landing in history. Orion pierced the atmosphere while traveling 25,000 mph — 32 times the speed of sound. By comparison, the Space Shuttle's descent reached about 17,500 mph, said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, a former astronaut.
The extreme friction, intended to slow the new moonship down, generated 5,000 degree Fahrenheit temperatures.
Mission leaders say the advantage of this scorching entry is breaking up the intense G-force loads — the heavy feeling pushing against a body during extreme acceleration — into two smaller events. Though the capsule doesn't have any people onboard now, NASA believes mastering the skip entry will keep Artemis astronauts who would experience those effects safer in the future. When humans are subjected to forces much greater than normal gravity, their hearts are put under tremendous pressure, causing dizziness and sometimes blackouts.
Navy divers on several small boats recovered the moonship after the splashdown. Credit: NASA Want more scienceand tech news delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newslettertoday.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
The drone video shows Orion acing the crucial test of its new-age heat shield, surviving the re-entry and slowing down to 20 mph under a canopy of three parachutes as it plops into the ocean. NASA moved the splashdown site south to avoid bad weather. Normally, the team would plan for a landing off the coast of San Diego, California.
Navy divers on several small boats recovered the moonship after splashdown. Using a special cable, they pulled Orion into a well deck of the USS Portland.
The spacecraft is now on a truck headed back to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Next, technicians will open the hatch and unload cargo and science experiments, including the three test dummies, for further studies.
This is the fattest of the extremely fat bears
Maya Angelou with George Plimpton
The True Face of Mr. Darcy Is Revealed—and He’s No Colin Firth
This Guy Really, Really, Really Loved Books—Maybe Too Much
Wordle today: The answer and hints for February 22, 2025
Staff Pick: Stacy Schiff, Kate Zambreno, Elizabeth McKenzie
Alexia Arthurs Wins 2017 Plimpton Prize; Vanessa Davis Wins Terry Southern Prize
The Making of a Comics Biography, Part 2
How to Reboot and Reset Android Devices
Real Polaroids, Fake People: Duane Hanson’s Photos of His Lifelike Sculptures
Big-League Bluster
A Guide to “Getting” Rumi
Charlotte Brontë’s Favorite Critic
The Making of a Comics Biography, Part 3
Best speaker deal: Save $30 on the JBL Clip 5
Maya Angelou with George Plimpton
Having Trouble Sleeping? Read This.
Mick Jagger Forgot That He Wrote a Memoir
NYT Connections Sports Edition hints and answers for April 17: Tips to solve Connections #206
Garfield’s Gender Identity Caused a Fierce Wikipedia Dispute
Not a RevolutionPresidential ConfusionThe Reaching-Out IndustryCarbon OmissionsThe Trash of the SystemThe Tyranny of the TakesDon’t Troll, OrganizeCommunicator BreakdownNorms Follow FunctionYour Faceprint TomorrowReverse Robin HoodsThe Reboot of the ElitesThe Thou of Zadie SmithPeasants of CodeWho’s Afraid of the DNC?Cut the MusicA Serious ManPresidential ConfusionPanic in TextopolisNo Filter 'Smite' pro David 'Allied' Hance dies after year Cry of the week: Kevin Senior's lonely journey on 'The Leftovers' Microsoft to announce another Surface Spread love, ditch the nipple pasties: Miley Cyrus thinks about politics out loud UK's Russian Embassy confirms that they reside on the Dark Side google maps The most popular Star Wars track on Pandora isn't what you'd expect 7 tips for parents who work from home This subscription box for single women is everything that's wrong with tech bro culture Carrie Fisher's daughter posts a touching tribute on Star Wars Day Caffeinated bagels now exist, you fiends Lonzo Ball's signature shoe got savaged on Twitter, but his dad might have the last laugh This kitten dolled up for her very own newborn photoshoot is giving us life UberPOOL just got way safer and less stressful Look at this epic racetrack a team of engineers built in their office There's a massive 'It' Easter egg hiding in 'The Dark Tower' trailer Man ships $1 million family heirloom by express delivery, regrets it immediately Brave Americans to Congress: 'I am a pre I insist on owning my music, even in the age of streaming 'Donkey Kong' and other classics added to the Gaming Hall of Fame
1.8833s , 10136.34375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Tout A Declarer (2011) Porn Movie】,Evergreen Information Network