Splashdown

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Artemis 2 is the first crewed flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket, sending astronauts on a lunar flyby and return. The splashdown is the...

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Artemis II will conclude with a targeted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Southern California. The mission plan calls for a return trajectory that leverages Ear...

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Artemis 2 splashdown time is the targeted moment when the Orion crew capsule will reenter Earth’s atmosphere and land in the Pacific Ocean. It is not a single fixed minute but...

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Artemis 2 will return astronauts to Earth through a controlled splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, but mission managers do not publish one fixed time many months ahead because the...

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Artemis 2 is the first crewed flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the Artemis program, sending astronauts beyond low Earth orbit for the first time in decades. The miss...

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Where astronauts land depends on the spacecraft, mission profile, and available recovery infrastructure. Most crewed landings in the 21st century occur in the Pacific Ocean near...

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Artemis 2 will land back on Earth by returning astronauts via a high-speed atmospheric reentry in Orion, followed by a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean under parachutes, after wh...

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Artemis 2 will be the first crewed flight of NASA’s Artemis program and the first integrated test of the Orion spacecraft and SLS rocket. The mission profile includes an outbo...

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Artemis 2 will land in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of California. This article explains the planned landing ellipse, the recovery architecture, and the operational and safe...