Artemis II Crew Splashes Down Safely After Historic Moon Mission

The Artemis II crew is gearing up for one of the most critical phases of their mission - reentry into Earth's atmosphere. After spending 10 days in space, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen are about to embark on a high-stakes journey home. The Orion spacecraft will plunge into the atmosphere at approximately 25,000 miles per hour, generating extreme heat of up to 2,760 degrees Celsius. To put that into perspective, iron melts at around 1,538 degrees Celsi…