Heading home: The riskiest part of the Artemis II moon mission is still ahead

Reentry is one of the most dangerous aspects of any spaceflight. And Artemis II is going into this part of the journey with a ...

Artemis II splashdown: Live updates on astronauts' 25,000 mph return to Earth

Splashdown for the Artemis II crew is expected Friday, April 10, off the California coast near San Diego. Follow along for ...

Artemis II heads home for high-stakes splashdown

After making history on their journey around the moon, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen are coming home.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

How will NASA get the Artemis II crew safely back on Earth? Here's the science behind splashdown

While splashdown can be harrowing – the spacecraft will hurdle through the atmosphere faster than the speed of sound and ...

Splashdown timeline: Here's how Artemis II astronauts will return to Earth

The four Artemis II astronauts and their Orion spacecraft are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission looping around the moon.

NASA's moon crew will hit 25,000 mph tomorrow. That's not the scariest part.

Orion will slam into Earth's atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, in what NASA expects to be the most ...

The science behind splashdown − how NASA will get the Artemis II crew safely back on Earth

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) ...