00:00A CREU MODULE
00:00Do Ionis
00:00Do Ionis
00:04Before entering the atmosphere, Orion's CREU module
00:08separates from the service module
00:11Twelve thrusters ensure Orion is properly oriented
00:14at an altitude of about 75 miles from Earth's surface
00:24Orion and the crew enter Earth's atmosphere
00:27at a speed of nearly 25,000 miles per hour.
00:30Decelerating at a rate up to four times the force of gravity,
00:33the crew will feel four times heavier than they do on Earth.
00:37Orion's heat shield protects the spacecraft
00:39from temperatures of about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit,
00:42about half as hot as the surface of the Sun.
00:46To slow its descent,
00:48Orion begins a precise deployment sequence of 11 parachutes.
00:52Three forward bay cover parachutes
00:54first separate the protective thermal cover
00:56that sits over the chutes.
00:59Two drogues slow and stabilize the crew module, then cut free.
01:03Three pilot chutes lift the three main parachutes
01:06deployed at an altitude of 9,000 feet
01:08and traveling 130 miles per hour.
01:11These chutes slow the crew module
01:13to a speed of less than 20 miles per hour.
01:17After traveling more than 595,000 nautical miles,
01:21Orion splashes down in the Pacific Ocean,
01:24about 50 nautical miles from the California coast,
01:26just 16 minutes after entering Earth's atmosphere.
01:30After splashdown, a recovery team that includes the U.S. Navy,
01:34Air Force, and NASA approaches Orion.
01:36The team ensures it's safe for the crew to exit
01:38before divers help the astronauts onto an inflatable front porch,
01:42hoist them into helicopters,
01:43and fly to the recovery ship.
01:46Orion is towed into the ship
01:47for its return to Kennedy Space Center.
01:50Their mission complete,
01:51the crew is flown back to land
01:52and step on solid ground for the first time in 10 days.
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