Artemis II Flight Day 10: Crew Sets for Final Burn, Splashdown
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- The Artemis II crew (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen) began final return preparations with music and a scheduled correction burn.
- Splashdown targeted for 8:07 p.m. EDT off San Diego, with NASA and U.S. military recovery teams on standby.
- Final return burn at 2:53 p.m. to refine Orion's path for atmospheric entry.
- Key splashdown timeline includes module separation, heat shield exposure, atmospheric entry at 400,000 feet, parachute deployments, and splashdown at 20 mph.
- Crew extraction within two hours post-splashdown via helicopter to USS John P. Murtha, followed by medical evaluations and return to Johnson Space Center.
- Mission launched on April 1 from Kennedy Space Center, featuring a historic lunar flyby and system tests in deep space.