00:00From the silence of space, Orion entered Earth's atmosphere at nearly 40,000 kilometers per hour.
00:07Atmospheric drag slowed it dramatically to about 560 kilometers per hour before parachutes deployed.
00:14At this point, the forward bay cover parachute deployed at around 560 kilometers per hour,
00:21removing the protective cover.
00:23Seconds later, two drogue parachutes deployed,
00:27stabilizing the capsule and reducing speed from 560 kilometers per hour down to 240 kilometers per hour.
00:36Next, three pilot parachutes deployed at 240 kilometers per hour, extracting the main system.
00:45Finally, three main parachutes, each about 11,000 square feet,
00:50inflated and slowed Orion from 240 kilometers per hour to 27 kilometers per hour.
00:58The capsule then safely splashed down in the ocean at this controlled speed.
01:02Thank you very much.
01:03You
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