Orion's main parachute has deployed. The spacecraft has a system of 11 chutes that will slow it down from around 300 mph to 20 mph for splashdown.
Get more updates on the Artemis II blog: https://t.co/7gicm7DWBt
Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶
The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.
Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.
Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: https://t.co/rzM1P0QbOl
That's us! 🌍
The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon. As @Astro_Christina put it: "You guys look great."
@Mayichii Gracias por habernos permitido acompañarte durante este proyecto, se disfruto mucho, ya sabes, siempre en las buenas y en las malas, un abrazo!
Ayer, por primera vez, NO tomé la iniciativa de escribirle y desearle una feliz navidad a las personas que considero “especiales” en mi vida y me topé con la gran decepción de que “si no les escribo, no me escriben”