Artemis II's Pacific splashdown to cap NASA's lunar comeback

HOUSTON  — Their dramatic grand finale fast approaching, Artemis II’s astronauts aimed for a splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first voyage to the moon in more than a half-century. The tension in Mission Control mounted as the miles melted away between the four returning astronauts and Earth. All eyes were on the capsule’s life-protecting heat shield that has to withstand thousands of degrees during reentry. On the spacecraft’s only other test flight — in 2022, with no one on board — the shield’s charred exterior came back looking as pockmarked as the moon. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot […]... Keep on reading: Artemis II's Pacific splashdown to cap NASA's lunar comeback

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