Mission Managers Prep NASA’s Artemis I Orion For Re-entry

NASA’s Landing and Recovery Team practices bringing a mock Orion capsule into the well deck of the USS Portland (LPD 27) ahead of the Artemis I Orion splashdown slated for Dec. 11.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA has shifted its targeted splashdown zone off California’s coast to the south in response to an approaching cold front, as the planned 25 1/2 day Artemis 1 Orion test flight draws to a close. Two of the mission’s highest-priority objectives still are yet to be accomplished as the 1.3...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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