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Charred Orion Hull: Artemis 2’s fiery ride home

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Source: Space
Charred Orion Hull: Artemis 2’s fiery ride home
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Space.com’s Space Photo of the Day shows NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion capsule charred at Kennedy Space Center after its 10‑day lunar mission, highlighting a reentry temperature near 5,000°F. The crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—returned to Earth with a Pacific splashdown on April 10, and NASA will study the heat shield’s performance to inform Artemis 3.

Topics:sciencespace#artemis-2#heat-shield#nasa#orion#reentry#space
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