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    Der geplante Weg und Zeitpunkt des Wiedereintritts von Artemis II

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    1. vladgrinch on

      Artemis II is scheduled to reenter Earth’s atmosphere on April 10, 2026, with splashdown planned in the Pacific Ocean later that day local time, or April 11 in UTC.

      The Orion spacecraft approaches from the west on a free-return trajectory, keeping the entire reentry corridor over open ocean. This reduces risk and allows recovery forces to be pre-positioned along the flight path.

      Lunar return reentry occurs at roughly 11 km/s.

    2. kempff on

      Why does the path have such a sharp angle just south of Australia? Does it stop and turn around somehow?

      edit. If it’s traveling faster than the earth’s rotation at first, and the earth rotates counterclockwise as seen from the north pole, then wouldn’t the straight segment (14:00-21:00) be in a west-to-east direction?

    6. Nothing_For_Granted on

      Looks like a Bugs Bunny route adjustment.

      Just imagine the skidding and „should have made a left at Albuquerque.“

    9. FlaviusStilicho on

      So does this mean I can see it from my house in Melbourne, or will it be too high up?

    10. Eat-It-Harvey- on

      As a veteran of far too many Aus-US flights, I wish they had a 25-minute express service like this one.

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