Artemis astronauts splash down on Earth
NBC News·2026-04-11 01:33

And Tom, an incredible ending to this journey. >> It was It was nearly a 700,000mile journey from start to finish. Keep in mind that they did a big elliptical loop around the Earth and then went out around the moon.252,000 mi just there. And there they came back just a short time ago, splashing down off the coast of San Diego right on the money. Could not have been more accurate.the shoots deploying and slowing that vehicle down from 25,000 mph, Mach 33 when it entered the atmosphere at 400,000 ft, and then ...