Their journey back will culminate in a high-speed, hypersonic and extremely hot re-entry into Earth's atmosphere before their ...
On April 10, 2026, NASA’s Artemis 2 mission will see astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen re-enter Earth’s atmosphere at a record-breaking speed of 23,840 mph.
Find out when Artemis II will return to Earth, and learn how the crew is getting ready to endure an intense splashdown.
NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully concluded on 10 April 2026, as astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen landed in the Pacific Ocean. The return involved a ...
By Joey Roulette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 16 (Reuters) - The astronauts who flew around the moon and back in NASA's ...
The Artemis II astronauts face the ultimate test of their historic moon mission: a perilous re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
When astronauts return from deep space, the mission isn’t truly over until the spacecraft safely touches the ocean. For NASA’s Artemis II crew, that moment will come after traveling nearly 400,000 ...