The crew of Artemis II has safely splashed down after their historic 10-day trip around the moon.
Shortly after 5pm PT, the Orion spacecraft, dubbed Integrity by its four-person crew, made re-entry and splashdown off the coast of San Diego.
Following what was described as a “textbook entry,” crewmembers Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman were all in “excellent shape,” according to NASA‘s livestream.
During re-entry, the capsule shed its service module and dived toward Earth at 24,000 miles per hour. Starting at 12,000 feet, a series of 11 parachutes unfurled to
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