The well-bonded Artemis II crew (clockwise from left) Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover were headed back to Earth to conclude a nine-day flight test of NASA's deep-space Orion capsule.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s record-setting Artemis II flight test around the far side of the Moon was drawing to a close on April 9, with a final, critical objective: a Mach 32 reentry into Earth’s atmosphere and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. With four astronauts aboard, the Artemis II Orion spacecraft...
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