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During the reentry and landing leg of the journey, the astronauts aboard Orion will blaze at about 25,000 mph through Earth's atmosphere. The vehicle will ultimately deploy parachutes to make a water landing on the West Coast, where recovery teams will airlift the astronauts to a U.S. Navy vessel and transport them to shore.
Artemis II crew splashes down, ending historic moon mission
Crew members have left their Orion capsule after splashing down into the Pacific, ending Artemis II’s historic 10-day mission to the moon and back.
