Artemis II Flight Round Moon
Watch Historic Return To Earth
Revealed
Artemis II is wrapping up its historic mission after 9 and a half days … and it’s all coming again all the way down to Earth in a giant manner, which you’ll be able to watch on the livestream right here.
Astronauts — Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, and Commander Reid Wiseman — are set to make a Pacific splashdown off the coast of San Diego at round 8:07 PM EDT.
NASA
NASA says a U.S. Navy helicopter will observe the Orion capsule because it re-enters Earth’s ambiance, with boats set to get better the crew as soon as they’re down.
The mission already made historical past with its closest flyby of the Moon — marking the primary crewed lunar mission in additional than 50 years.
The entire goal of the challenge is to put the groundwork for people not simply to go to the Moon once more, however to ultimately dwell and work there.