The Orion spacecraft, which was successfully launched into orbit earlier today from the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida, just splashed-down in the Pacific Ocean. And from the early reports and photos, everything went according to plan:
NASA's #Orion lands with "bullseye" splashdown in Pacific: http://t.co/IX1U6ehXMW
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) December 5, 2014
Image of #Orion prior to parachute deployment, as seen from the Ikhana drone. Watch live at http://t.co/bO2eQOROmh pic.twitter.com/I3pxnQClSm
— NASA's Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) December 5, 2014
NASA's Orion craft celebrates splashdown at the end of its test flight http://t.co/R9BwqtiJA2 pic.twitter.com/vvmWr1n9hj
— ITV News (@itvnews) December 5, 2014
RT @WatchCTVNews: LIVE NOW: Orion being recovered after splashing down into the Pacific: http://t.co/YbGo154G6S pic.twitter.com/Tj7CvwzCTn
— CTV News (@CTVNews) December 5, 2014
JUST IN: Orion capsule test "turned out to be the most perfect flight you could ever imagine."
Watch: http://t.co/zZ8zuJkxZW— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 5, 2014
Amazing visuals of #Orion's return from @NASAArmstrong Ikhana aircraft. pic.twitter.com/psYbvyxvxP
— Orion Spacecraft (@NASA_Orion) December 5, 2014
View of #Orion from one of the helicopters as it awaits the arrival of the recovery teams. #OrionLaunch pic.twitter.com/ljlZlGHMeo
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) December 5, 2014
#Orion will now be recovered and pick up by the amphibious ship USS Anchorage pic.twitter.com/gOaV2Iq2Qc
— Henry Legg (@PhysicsHenry) December 5, 2014
.@NASAKennedy's Hangar AE celebrating the splashdown of @NASA_Orion #EFT1 pic.twitter.com/87zOI55M2P
— NASA_LSP (@NASA_LSP) December 5, 2014
Yes, a celebration is in order. Congratulations!
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