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Artemis II Astronauts Hurtle Home From Moon Toward Splashdown
The astronauts will endure a 40,000 km/h re-entry as Orion’s heat shield faces temperatures above 2,500 degrees Celsius, NASA said.
- On Friday, the four-person Artemis II crew—astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—will splash down aboard their Orion capsule, Integrity, in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego.
- This 10-day mission serves as a critical dress rehearsal for a planned lunar landing later this decade, marking the first crewed lunar voyage since Apollo 17 in late 1972.
- Engineers altered the Orion capsule's descent trajectory to minimize heat shield risks following the uncrewed 2022 Artemis I test, which experienced unexpected erosion during re-entry through Earth's atmosphere.
- Recovery teams will hoist the Orion capsule onto the USS John P Murtha, where the crew will undergo medical evaluations before traveling to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- NASA official Lakiesha Hawkins stated this test flight provides vital data for future lunar missions, with astronaut Koch adding that "every single thing we do" supports the next crew.
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Artemis II astronauts return from moon with a splashdown to close out a record-breaking lunar voyage
HOUSTON — Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar vo...
Artemis II astronauts return to Earth, ending record-breaking trip around moon with splashdown in Pacific, reports AP.
Artemis II astronauts return to Earth, ending record-breaking trip around moon with splashdown in Pacific, reports AP. Artemis II astronauts return to Earth, ending record-breaking trip around moon with splashdown in Pacific, reports AP.
Miami (USA), 10 Apr (EFE).- The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission entered the Earth's atmosphere this Friday after a ten-day mission in which they orbited the Moon, making history after more than half a century without human presence on that natural satellite. The crew now faces a free fall into the Pacific that exceeds 40,000 kilometers per hour (about 24,661 miles per hour), in which the ship is exposed to estimated temperatures up …
Artemis II hurtles home from moon towards splashdown
The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from the world's first crewed moon voyage in over half a century, hurtled back toward Earth as they prepared their Orion spacecraft for the final phase of their descent and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California.
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