Artemis II Crew Successfully Splashes Down Off San Diego Coast

The unit of Artemis II has safely splashed down aft their historical 10-day travel astir nan moon.

Shortly aft 5pm PT, nan Orion spacecraft, dubbed Integrity by its four-person crew, made re-entry and splashdown disconnected nan seashore of San Diego.

Following what was described arsenic a “textbook entry,” crewmembers Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman were each successful “excellent shape,” according to NASA‘s livestream.

During re-entry, nan capsule shed its work module and dived toward Earth astatine 24,000 miles per hour. Starting astatine 12,000 feet, a bid of 11 parachutes unfurled to slow nan capsule from respective 100 miles-per-hour to a gradual 17–20 mph for splashdown successful nan Pacific Ocean.

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