A fully intact and toasty-hot Orion spacecraft came home on Sunday from its trip around the Moon, splashing down off the coast of Baja, California. The historic mission ended as it began, with a fiery trip through Earth’s atmosphere, and with NASA pulling off one daring accomplishment after another.
Similar to the other phases of this impressive 25.5-day mission, the uncrewed capsule’s reentry, splashdown, and recovery provided no shortage of visual spectacles.
