Nasa’s Orion space capsule splashes down after record-breaking Moon mission – The National

Nasa’s Orion space capsule splashes down after record-breaking Moon mission – The National

Nasa’s record-breaking mission Orion spacecraft is back on Earth after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.

The space capsule landed to the west of Mexico’s Baja California state at 9.40am Pacific time (9.40pm UAE).

Nasa said it travelled more than 1.4 million miles (2.2 million kilometres) on a path around the Moon, before returning safely to Earth.