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Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen have returned to Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft after completing a historic milestone with the Artemis II mission: they have become the first manned mission to orbit the Moon in more than 50 years, have seen the most hidden face of the natural satellite and have set the record of the longest distance a crew has travelled to, more than 400,000 kilometers from our planet.T…
After a 9-day journey into space and a passage behind the hidden face of the Moon, the Orion capsule and its passengers will return to the atmosphere at more than 40,000 km/h. A landing off the Californian coast is planned at 2h07 in the morning.
The historic Artemis II mission is nearing its end. Tonight, at approximately 03:07 Lithuanian time, the astronauts are expected to land in the Pacific Ocean, near San Diego. Although this is the final stage of the mission, it is considered one of the most dangerous.
Now all eyes are on the return of Artemis 2 from the moon mission. But obviously there are hurdles.
What the "Artemis 2" crew expects during the landing is not without. 40,000 km/h must be slowed down within minutes – resulting in a fireball.
The Artemis II return on April 10 will be a dangerous affair due to problems with the spacecraft's heating. It will plummet at incredible speed. The Artemis II mission is reaching its most critical phase, re-entering Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 40,000 km/h with temperatures outside Orion reaching 2,700 degrees Celsius. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman admits that this is a cause for concern. "In terms of what keeps me up at night, my blood …
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