Caroline Hyde

And just the scale of the anxiety as we wait for them for this splashdown at 5 p.m.

Pacific time, 8 p.m.

here in New York.

Yeah, I mean, it's definitely one of those pins and needles moments.

We tend to, you know, it's a little bit like waiting in line for a roller coaster.

You're both nervous and excited.

We're so thrilled to have the astronauts coming back down.

But it is going to be a pins and needles moment for sure until they are safely back on the ship after they land in the ocean.

Talk about some of the numbers here.

10 metric ton Orion capsule.

about twice the mass of the Apollo capsule, as you put it, Laurie.

And what speeds are they hitting?

And how hard is this to scientifically ensure that the heat protection's there?

Yeah, so it is.

It's a 10 metric ton capsule, about twice the mass of Apollo when it, you know, reentered the atmosphere.

So it's bigger, which is great for the astronauts.

We've seen the cramped quarters.

Can you imagine how small that Apollo capsule was?

And yes, they hit the top of the atmosphere going 25,000 miles an hour.

And over the course of 13 minutes, slow down to about 20 miles an hour.