Nasa's Orion spacecraft has landed in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of Operation Artemis 1, after spending more than 25 days in space and travelling around the Moon in preparation for man's return to the Moon in the coming years.
The capsule, in which there was no astronaut for this test flight, entered the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of almost 40,000 km per hour and had to endure a heat 2.800 degrees Celsius, or half the surface temperature of the Sun.
Then its dizzying descent slowed when a series of parachutes deployed, according to images broadcast live by Nasa. The spacecraft must now be recovered and placed on a US Navy ship.
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The landing took place off the Mexican island of Guadalupe on December 19.40 Greek time (9.40 a.m. local time).
The main objective of the mission was to test under these conditions the capsule's heat shield, the largest ever built (5 meters in diameter).
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