Artemis Two Crew Returns from Moon Mission

0:00The Artemis-2 crew is finally heading home after a groundbreaking 10-day loop around the moon. NASA astronauts Reed Weisman, Victor Glover, and Christina Kosh, plus Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hanson, launched from Kennedy Space Center on. April 1st, they're set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean of San Diego on Friday, April 10th, at 8.07 pm. Eastern daylight time. Right now, the team is wrapping up their final full day in space, stowing gear and double-checking the Orion spacecraft for reentry. They've spent the mission testing systems in Earth orbit first, then slingshotting toward the moon about 244,000 miles away, using gravity for the ride back. This flight marks the first human trip around the moon since the Apollo days, paving the way for future landings. Folks worldwide have been glued to the action, watching how Orion handles extreme heat up to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit during reentry, just. Like those classic missions? NASA's rolling out real-time tracking on their Artemis real-time orbit website,

1:02so you can follow Orion's path live. They've also got a space video feed, streaming views from the spacecraft, but it'll cut off right before splash down. As the parachutes deploy and the crew hits the waves, Artemis II wraps a huge step toward getting humans back on the lunar surface for good. Stay tuned for what's next in the Space Renaissance. I'm Cory with The Story, and you've been listening to Dallas News Today, AI Power Local News.