NASA's Orion spacecraft has arrived in San Diego, California after being carried by ship after its ocean landing.

Crews in San Diego hauled the capsule on shore last night, three days after its flawless, unmanned debut test flight around Earth.

The capsule is designed to one day take astronauts to Mars.

NASA launched Orion from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Friday.

This $375 million flight was to verify that Orion's heat shield, parachutes, avionics and other equipment would work as designed.

The capsule made a near-bullseye splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, where the USS Anchorage picked up the ship and brought it back.

Orion will make a second test flight in about four years.

A third mission - planned for 2021 - will include two astronauts on a flight around the moon.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.