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Video of the exact moment the Artemis II Orion capsule touched Earth's surface
The crew members of the Artemis II mission are now on Earth's surface, specifically on the coast of San Diego, California. NASA announced this along with a video of the splashdown:
TL;DR
- The Artemis II crew has splashed down on Earth, marking the end of their 10-day lunar mission.
- The Orion capsule landed safely off the coast of San Diego, California.
- Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen are reported to be in excellent condition.
- The capsule experienced communication problems upon landing but this did not affect the crew's safety.
- The mission lasted 9 days, 1 hour, 31 minutes, and 35 seconds.
- The Orion capsule's re-entry involved shedding the European Space Agency-designed service module, surviving temperatures of 2,700°C, and reaching speeds of 40,000 km/h before parachutes slowed it to 30 km/h for splashdown.