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Artemis II reentry: riding a fireball through the atmosphere
Original: Artemis II reentry and the risks of ‘riding a fireball through the atmosphere’
The Artemis II crewed mission's return to Earth is drawing attention to the Orion spacecraft's reentry, in which the capsule plunges through the atmosphere at roughly 25,000 mph protected only by its heat shield. Coverage describes the crew as riding a fireball through the atmosphere, highlighting the engineering and safety risks of the first crewed lunar flight of NASA's Artemis program.
Why now: NASA's first crewed Moon mission has people focused on the perilous reentry phase its astronauts must survive.
NASAArtemis IIOrion spacecraft
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