How and When to Watch the Artemis II Mission’s Return to Earth

After a 10-day travel to the acold broadside of the moon, the astronauts of the Artemis II ngo are returning to Earth. But successful the words of NASA head Jared Isaacman, the ngo is not implicit until everyone arrives location safely. The reentry of the Orion capsule matters arsenic overmuch arsenic the lunar travel itself: It is the eventual trial to beryllium that the abstraction bureau has mastered the exertion needed to usher successful a caller epoch of heavy abstraction exploration.

According to NASA's schedule, Artemis II volition reenter Earth's ambiance connected Friday, April 10, astatine 5:07 p.m. PDT. The broadcast, arsenic with liftoff, volition beryllium disposable for viewing connected NASA+ and streaming platforms specified arsenic Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Netflix, and HBO Max. You tin besides ticker connected NASA's YouTube livestream below.

Broadcast times crossed the US:

• San Francisco: 5:07 pm
• Denver: 6:07 pm
• Chicago: 7:07 pm
• New York: 8:08 pm

Reentry Details

If each goes according to plan, the crewed module volition participate the ambiance adjacent southeast Hawaii astatine a maximum velocity of 38,400 kmh and volition instrumentality conscionable 13 minutes to splash down successful the Pacific Ocean disconnected the seashore of California.

During entry, the extracurricular of the capsule volition scope 2,760 degrees Celsius. The unit volition acquisition up to 3.9 g’s, which means they volition consciousness a unit equivalent to astir 4 times their value aft spending a week successful microgravity.