Watch: Inside Orion's Fiery Return to Earth from the Moon

This is what 694,481 miles around the Moon looks like on the way home — filmed from inside NASA's Orion capsule during ...

Artemis II splashdown: How to watch Orion capsule return home

When the Orion spacecraft carrying NASA’s Artemis II crew pierces Earth’s atmosphere on Friday evening, it will be traveling at nearly 25,000 mph. Within minutes, a precisely choreographed sequence of ...
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The Artemis II capsule will be twice as hot as the sun during its re-entry. A hypersonics expert explains how they will survive

A speedy re-entry The Orion capsule carrying the Artemis II astronauts will be travelling at more than 11 km/s (40,000 km/h) when it reaches Earth’s atmosphere. This is 40 times faster than a ...