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Artemis II Mission Recap

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Brief overview

Artemis II's crew returned safely from the farthest human flight, and NASA says the moon work is beginning.

  1. Farthest humans have ever flown from EarthIntegrity logged 694,481 miles, about 1.1 million kilometers, over a 10-day test flight around the moon.
  2. Re-entry went exactly as engineers predictedMach 35 entry, several thousand degrees Fahrenheit and a six-minute blackout, then a clean splashdown in the Pacific.
  3. The crew frames Artemis II as a handoffWiseman told the astronauts in blue flight suits it is time to go, and Shatria said this time we return to stay.
Executive Summary AI
  • Host Jacob Pinter recaps Artemis II: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen flew the Orion spacecraft Integrity farther from Earth than any humans before them, rounding the moon on day six of a test flight for the Artemis program.0:59
  • Integrity's odometer read 694,481 miles, or just over 1.1 million kilometers, when the crew came home on day 10.1:46
  • Re-entry took the capsule to about 35 times the speed of sound and several thousand degrees Fahrenheit, forced a six-minute communications blackout, and ended with Houston hearing the crew loud and clear and Integrity splashing down in the Pacific under three orange and white parachutes.2:53
  • At the Houston homecoming, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told the crew Artemis II will always be remembered, and each astronaut then took the mic and struggled to put the flight into words.5:57
  • NASA associate administrator Amit Shatria credited the teams that fought the obstacles, saying the path to the lunar surface is open but the work ahead is greater than the work behind, with Artemis II a baton handed to the next crew.11:41
Key Quote
“And we have a great view of the moon out window two.”
— Reid Wiseman2:11
Key Quote
“I have absolutely no idea what to say.”
— Reid Wiseman6:30
Key Quote
“It's a special thing to be a human and it's a special thing to be on planet Earth.”
— Reid Wiseman7:13