Orion in sight.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the #Artemis I mission was successfully recovered inside the well deck of the USS Portland on Dec. 11, 2022 off the coast of Baja California. After launching atop the Space Launch System rocket on Nov. 16 from NASAKennedy Space Center in Florida, Orion spent 25.5 days in space before returning to Earth, completing the Artemis I mission.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ The Orion spacecraft will be loaded on a truck and transported back to NASAKennedy for post-flight analysis. Once it arrives, Orion will be delivered to the Multi-Payload Processing Facility where additional payloads will be taken out, its heat shield and other elements will be removed for analysis, and remaining hazards will be offloaded.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Image Description: The Orion spacecraft can be seen from inside the well deck of the USS Portland. The spacecraft appears as a silver cone-shape floating in the Pacific Ocean and three bright orange airbags can be seen on top of it. The water is a deep blue co...