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This Friday, April 10, will be a historic day for NASA and its Artemis 2 mission. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will return to Earth around 7:00 PM Colombian time. All this maneuver has a step-by-step process that both the astronaut team and ground control have been studying for several months and hope to carry out successfully. The event will be broadcast on NASA+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Netflix, HBO Max, Discovery+, Peacock, and Roku.
TL;DR
- Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will return to Earth on April 10.
- The Orion capsule will splashdown off the coast of San Diego around 7:07 PM Colombian time.
- Preparations include configuring the cabin, adjusting seats, and reviewing weather and re-entry schedules.
- A second trajectory correction burn was performed at 8:53 AM Colombian time.
- The service module will separate around 6:33 PM, with re-entry beginning later.
- Orión will reach a maximum speed of approximately 38,200 km/h before atmospheric entry.
- A six-minute communication blackout is expected around 6:53 PM.
- Parachutes will deploy starting at 8:03 PM for the splashdown.
- The crew will be evacuated two hours after splashdown and transported to the USS John P. Murtha.