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NASA\u2019s Artemis II crew in their Orion spacecraft is back on Earth. They successfully completed a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 p.m. EDT (5:07 p.m. PDT). (Photo via NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

OAN Staff\u00a0Addie Davis<\/a>
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5:20 PM:<\/strong> The Orion capsule carrying the Artemis II crew safely splashed down off the coast of San Diego at 5:07 p.m. local time, officially completing the journey that took humans farther into space than ever before.<\/p>\n

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NASA: The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET, bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.<\/p>\n

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NASA said engineers will conduct additional tests while the spacecraft is in the water before powering it down and handing it over to the recovery team, which is on site aboard the USS John P. Murtha and headed to the capsule to assist the crew.<\/p>\n

After being extracted by the combined NASA and U.S. military recovery team and taken aboard the Navy ship, they will undergo medical evaluations prior to being taken to shore.<\/p>\n

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NASA has stated that Orion’s main parachute has deployed as the Artemis II crew splashes down to earth.<\/p>\n

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3:16 PM<\/strong>: The Artemis II<\/a> crew is expected to splash down off the coast of San Diego, California, today, marking the completion of their historic trip around the moon.<\/p>\n

Splashdown is scheduled to occur at 5:07 p.m. local time (Pacific Standard Time), according to NASA. <\/p>\n

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A combined NASA and U.S. military recovery team will extract the crew from the Orion spacecraft after landing in the Pacific, helping them onto an inflatable raft, and then using helicopters to fly them to the USS John P. Murtha. After being taken ashore, aircraft will then fly the crew to NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, you might be able to hear or feel the sonic boom as the spacecraft reenters the atmosphere if you\u2019re in Southern California, though NASA scientists noted it\u2019s not likely you would be able to see the splashdown, per NBC 7 San Diego<\/em>. <\/p>\n

On their mission blog that provides updates of Artemis II, NASA detailed the experiences of the planned reentry. <\/p>\n

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Roughly half an hour before splashdown, Orion\u2019s crew module will separate from the service module, exposing its heat shield for reentering the Earth\u2019s atmosphere, where the spacecraft is expected to encounter temperatures of around 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. <\/p>\n

A burn will then be conducted in order to set the proper entry angle and align the heatshield. At 400,000 feet above the Earth\u2019s surface, the craft will make the first contact with the upper atmosphere. <\/p>\n

Traveling nearly 35 times the speed of sound, the crew is expected to experience up to 3.9 G-forces as the craft descends through the atmosphere. NASA explained there will be a six-minute planned communications blackout as plasma builds around the capsule.<\/p>\n

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At around an altitude of 22,000 feet, the drogue parachutes, which are designed for high speeds, will deploy to slow descent and stabilize the craft. They will then release at an altitude of around 6,000 feet, where the three main parachutes will then deploy to reduce Orion\u2019s speed to under 136 mph. <\/p>\n

Slowed down to 20 mph, the capsule will splash down into the Pacific Ocean, completing the 694,481-mile journey to the moon and back. <\/p>\n

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The Artemis II crew \u2013 (clockwise from left) Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover \u2013 take time out for a group hug inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home on April 7, 2026. (Photo via NASA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Artemis II crew, consisting of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, achieved the historic flyby of the moon on Monday, marking the first-time humans have returned to the lunar body in over 50 years. <\/p>\n

They also broke the record held by Apollo 13 for the farthest mankind has ever gone into space, with Artemis II reaching a maximum distance from Earth of 252,756 miles.<\/p>\n

During their mission, they photographed the moon and completed scientific observations, as well as evaluated Orion\u2019s systems in the deep-space environment. This mission precedes expected future missions to land humans on the moon, establish a lunar base, and travel to Mars, according to NASA. <\/p>\n

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