View of reentry from inside the Orion spacecraft

Posted on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 6:58pm by Nagy, John D
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View of reentry from inside the Orion spacecraft

Ever wonder what you would see if you stared out the window of a spacecraft reentering the Earth’s atmosphere? Check out NASA’s video of the view out the window of Orion’s EFT-1 from the time she enters the atmosphere at 20,000 miles per hour to the moment of splashdown about 10 minutes later. (20,000 mph is about 5.5 miles per second.)

Orion return

Orion as she looks now, after experiencing reentry surrounded by a 4000 degree F plasma.