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  • Video Gives Inside Look at Trial by Fire for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

    Video Gives Inside Look at Trial by Fire for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft

    The video begins 10 minutes before Orion’s 11:29 a.m. EST splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, just as the spacecraft was beginning to experience Earth’s atmosphere. Peak heating from the friction caused by the atmosphere rubbing against Orion’s heat shield comes less than two minutes later, and the footage shows the plasma created by the interaction change from white to yellow to lavender to magenta as the temperature increases. The video goes on to show the deployment of Orion’s parachutes and the final splash as it touches down.

  • Shatner Gives Shout Out to NASA Spinoffs

    Shatner Gives Shout Out to NASA Spinoffs

    Actor William Shatner, who portrayed “Star Trek’s” Captain James Kirk on TV and in film, hosts a video highlighting how NASA’s outstanding accomplishments in space are used to improve life on Earth.
    June Lockhart and Wil Wheaton, who also gained celebrity portraying space explorers, also host videos about how much of the technology we rely on daily was developed by NASA for space exploration and then adapted or enhanced for use here on Earth. This includes many technologies used in schools, homes, cars, computers and American industry.