The astronauts of Artemis II will end their historic mission with a splashdown near San Diego. Here's the scary stuff that happens before they do.

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NASA's Artemis II astronauts are set to return to Earth with a splashdown landing in the Pacific Ocean after making a high-speed reentry through the atmosphere.

Jonathan Serrie reports from Johnson Space Center on the Artemis II crew's impending return to Earth and the Navy's preparations to recover the capsule off the coast of San Diego.

The historic Artemis II mission comes to an end Friday with a splashdown off the California coast, but before that, their capsule will plunge through the atmosphere at temperatures half as hot as the surface of the sun.

April 10, 2026. An animation released by NASA shows the expected splashdown of the Artemis II crew in the Paci

After a grueling descent through Earth's atmosphere, NASA will strap the Artemis II astronauts into bulky spacesuits for an obstacle course. Within mere hours of the Orion spacecraft's splashdown on Friday,

The Artemis II astronauts are about to wrap up their mission to space, but the riskiest part of the flight, the mission back to Earth, has yet to come.