Artemis astronauts prepare for splashdown
NBC News·2026-04-10 23:23
In just over an hour from now, a real nailbiting moment for NASA and all of us here on Earth because the Artemis 2 astronauts are on track to splash down off the coast of California. It's going to happen right after 8:00 Eastern. Let's get another look now live inside the Orion spacecraft in its final stretch home.But as we said earlier, this is really the most dangerous part of the mission. The heat shield on the capsule has known design flaws. It will face temperatures nearly half as hot as the surface of ...