Missile guidance using GPS satellite positioning

You can see that the Attitude Control Motor fires immediately to provide control.  (photo: White Sands Missile Range)

Orion successfully reoriented for separation.  (Photo: White Sands Missile Range)

All three motor systems worked as planned.  Will the chutes deploy?  (Photo: White Sands Missile Range)

Gravity dictates that the Launch Abort System lands first.  (Photo: White Sands Missile Range)

The Orion descends safely!  And provides a very nice picture.  (Photo: White Sands Missile Range)

The Orion has landed!  (Photo: White Sands Missile Range)

I'm pretty sure I could have survived this ride!  (Photo: White Sands Missile Range)

Not the usual desert image, but a very welcome one for NASA.  (Photo: White Sands Missile Range)