After the return of the Artemis II Mission to Earth, Jared Isaacman spoke about the end of the expedition in a post on social media
NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, stated this Friday (10) that the The United States is “back in the business” of “sending astronauts to the Moon and bringing them back safely”. After the landing of the Orion spacecraft, the head of the North American space agency commented on the 10-day expedition that flew over the natural satellite.
In a publication on X (formerly Twitter), Isaacman said that this is the first manned flight of Orion and the SLS lunar rocket. The NASA administrator highlighted that the expedition presented “real risks”, but that the four astronauts involved in the expedition “accepted” due to and for the “exciting” future trips to the Moon.
“These talented astronauts and represented their space agencies and nations as ambassadors of humanity to the stars”, wrote Isaacmann. The space agency administrator also congratulated the entire team involved in the Artemis II Mission.
Return to Earth
After a ten-day trip around the Moon, . They began re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere at around 8:56 pm and landed at 9:07 pm, off the coast of California, in the United States. The moment they entered the Earth interface, they lost contact with NASAhowever, communication returned at 9:02 pm.
The entry speed to Earth was approximately 40,000 km/h. The arrival of crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen back on the planet was . In addition to absolute precision, the Orion spacecraft and crew had to face extreme conditions.
