This is mission control Houston. Once again Orion bobbing passively in the Pacific Ocean as some of the recovery vessels are now approaching the vehicle to begin several hours of making sure that Orion is cinched in place and brought into a flooded well deck in the USS Anchorage of the prime recovery vessel for this maiden flight of America's newest vehicle. Slashed down occurring at 10.29 am central time 8.29 am Pacific time at a point some 275 miles west of Baja California 630 miles southwest of San Diego. The coordinates once again 23.6 degrees north latitude 116.46 degrees west longitude. It's been a few minutes since Orion splashed down to the Pacific Ocean in excellent shape. Flight director Mike Cerefen getting a brief report indicating that Orion's cooling systems are operating just superbly and the vehicle is airtight out in the Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Anchorage which is the Vanguard ship for this recovery operation is public affairs officer Amber Filman Amber give us an update on how the recovery is proceeding. Thanks Rob here on the USS Anchorage we saw picture perfect splash down of Orion approximately 600 miles southwest of San Diego. Other team tasked with recovery this is where their work really begins NASA the US Navy and Locking Martin are working together to recover the iron crew module through the main shoots have already been recovered and our small boats are about 120 yards away from the crew module over the next few hours the Navy divers and go direct boats will check for any hazards around Orion. Both attach the C-Ainger low-distributing horse collar and tether lines and work to get into the ship's well deck. The spacecraft will be set down in the well deck secured and then the ship will begin the journey back to the naval base in San Diego. Orion will be returned to the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the servicing and together more information on how to perform them space. The team here is in position and ready to go ahead and recover the vehicle once it's powered down. Also you back to Rob in the mission control in Houston. Thanks Amber a lot of work ahead for the folks that you are with out on the USS Anchorage and all of the other components of this recovery team that will bring Orion into the well deck of the Anchorage a few hours from now. As you can see it is currently 905 AM out in the Pacific Ocean some 36 minutes after Orion's splash down which was on target just about right at the exact spot that was predicted in model pre-flight under the three main parachutes Orion gently splash down at 10.29 AM central time a 29 AM Pacific time to wrap up a mission of four hours and 24 minutes in duration following its launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force station earlier today. The report from the recovery team out in the Pacific is that all of the various vessels are just 120 yards away from the spacecraft and they are upwind from Orion everything is in great shape no leaks the vehicle is airtight it's an excellent condition and they are just waiting for the power down of Orion's systems if you recall flight director Mike Serifin took a poll about an hour or so ago of Orion's systems everything was just magnificent and he gave approval for an extended power up at the spacecraft so that additional data on the thermal conditioning of the vehicle could be provided to Lockheed Martin engineers so with the splash down occurring some 38 minutes or so ago we are expecting the power down about 22 minutes from now and that will enable the recovery teams to move closer to the vehicle to begin to secure it for for its ability to get back into that flooded well deck of the anchorage just a few hours from now the director of the recovery and landing operations Jeremy Graber is currently complementing all of the other teams including the flight control team here in Houston led by Mike Serifin who has worked tirelessly on the coordination and preparation for this mission along with his team of legacy space shuttle and space station flight controllers for quite a long time to realize this dream to launch Orion tested systems and bring it back safely to Earth and that was done in spades today as Orion proved itself not only a capable vehicle but a vehicle built to perfection for this first flight test