ᴴᴰ Full Onboard Re-entry into Earth’s Atmosphere ● New NASA Spacecraft

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Published 2014-12-21

Onboard ride during the re-entry of Orion shows the extreme conditions a spacecraft endures as it returns to Earth.. Orion launched on its first test flight of two orbits in 4.5 hours on Dec.5 - 2014. ... Enable Annotations for Metric values
EFT 1 traveled 3,600 miles above Earth to test the new vehicle. It was NASA’s furthest & fastest capsule mission since Apollo.
The new spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean under its three main parachutes.

Music: Interstellar Spheres by William Pearson

For information about Orion, visit:
www.nasa.gov/orion

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All Comments (21)

@tensevo 2 years ago

It's very cool how it's basically space, then passes through 60k feet and sky turns blue, and we are sub-sonic. Just fantastic.
@ThatCorvetteGuy 4 years ago

Does anyone else find this terrifying and incredible at the same time?
@MarceloLaraM 4 years ago

Its like going from hell to heaven. Let’s take care of this paradise called earth, it’s unique in the known universe
@derekwall200 4 years ago

i love the background music. that was awesome watching the plasma light up the spacecraft as it was screaming through the atmosphere at 20,000 mph
@ChloeDust 7 years ago

It's trippy how fast it's going yet it almost looks like it's just floating down, love the music btw, relaxing.
@dangerjackalope6123 8 years ago

One of the coolest things I've ever seen on the internet.
@In4It789cat 5 years ago

Very cool. Huge props to anyone willing to sit inside of it.
@lukeforrester7570 5 years ago

I felt like I was experiencing the whole event in a dream. What a beautiful experience to behold.
@tangbein 9 years ago

seeing the atmostphere change the color from black to blue was cool!
@EASYTIGER10 8 years ago

Wow. Sky goes from black to blue in seconds 4:01 . I've always wondered what that looks like
@famerlylove6061 5 years ago

Why is that so beautiful. The sheer energy in that one area is mind blowing. Just awesomeness
@nikistaz 4 years ago

Makes me wish I could be in NASA and go up there. So amazing.
@chriswright8333 8 years ago

So beautiful and awe inspiring! Although Orion was unmanned, it's as if Mother Earth is accepting her children back into her nurturing arms. Splashdown is like returning to where our very existence began, in the waters of the vast oceans.
@RRRRobbbb 6 years ago

1:40 Once the picture clears up, you get a sense of how profoundly fast that thing is moving. Crazy.
@NathanStar-vw3dm 5 years ago

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it. -Jack Handey
@blomkillen 5 years ago

The technic and science behind those parachutes is so amazing
@Guitarfollower22 8 years ago

Imagine if during the second world war the great nations, rather than fighting, collaborated their resources into space technology?
@XpertPilotFSX 8 years ago

Man, Ive never actually seen real reentry flames up close. amazing!
@tabbycat6458 3 years ago

What an awesome amazing sight God bless America
@ralphf8951 4 years ago

Incredible, everyone involved a big thank you! Keep going!!!