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Orion’s crew and service module have separated. The crew module continues on its path towards Earth while the service module will harmlessly burn up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II return trajectory is designed to ensure any remaining debris does not pose a hazard to... show more

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Earthy 🦆🇺🇸⚽️6 months ago

WE HOPE RISE IS SAFE!

Peperoncino™️ 🇮🇹🌶 | @NFTNYC 24/25 |Team XI:XI6 months ago

Home Safe and sound..... nice splash!!!!!!

Teamgifted6 months ago

Welcome home heroes Thank God for successful landing

surreal intelligence6 months ago

One module burns into the atmosphere. The other carries history the rest of the way home There is something ancient in this. Keep the people, burn the rest

JT6 months ago

6 minute blackout coming at 6:53 PM CST. Praying for a safe reentry. 🙏🏻

Blaze6 months ago

Wishing the Artemis II crew a smooth reentry and safe splashdown.

Oyedele Ridwan6 months ago

Multitasking because of this.

the next big thing6 months ago

Is RISE coming back with them ?? @Rise__bnb

Bello Abdulmateen6 months ago

Every process meticulously calculated. I love the precision with which all these are done

Curious Chic6 months ago

The silver engine that pushed them to the stars now burns as a final, silent flare against the night sky - a bright farewell before the ocean takes the ashes.

Harris6 months ago

I had goose bumps watching from this separation to the point they entered the earth: The accuracy and precision of the timings, the entire technology behind this journey. I have no doibts that Humans are indeed gods.

Sҽαɳ 🇺🇸⚓️6 months ago

This blackout period has me nervous

Ghinghi2000 | DELTARUNE MOOD 🌅🌸6 months ago

My cat while watching TV 🐾🚀

Cynthia Busch6 months ago

In this otherwise demoralizing week it is awesome to see the best and brightest in America inspire young people and the world to study engineering and science to better humankind. So inspiring! Praying for their safe return!

Love Elon X6 months ago

Safety 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸So proud of them. Our family is watching from beautiful Ca “Splashdown”🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

saxe176 months ago

What a joke. And people fall for this!

ray 6 months ago

Godspeed! Best of luck during re-entry and splashdown. #artemisII

Rise6 months ago

How much longer until splashdown?

A 🗡️6 months ago

@ConceptualJames “harmlessly” stop it. pretending the gasses caused by the burning are of 0 consequences is delusional. it might not have a large or lasting impact but saying it’s harmless is disingenuous

T I N A👩‍💻💎6 months ago

@grok how does service module burn up in earth’s atmosphere if the separation occurred between the crew module entered the earth? Will the service module follow it into the earth?

SheShe6 months ago

Watching live. Feeling nauseous and sending up all the prayers! This is INTENSE, I didn’t expect to feel so many emotions!

Carolyn K Walker6 months ago

🌕🚀🌏 Praying for our brave astronauts during their splashdown. 🙏Lord, we ask you to guide Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch & Jeremy Hansen to a safe & success splashdown. Then it'll be time to celebrate w/them on their amazing journey to the moon & back!

Gabriel Sheer6 months ago

@NASA_Johnson Awful lot of money for just a distance record .... What exactly did this flight accomplish ?...

Steve Burton󱢏6 months ago

Amazing precision from the whole team safe travels home, heroes! This is what humanity looks like at its best.

Tom6 months ago

Thank you for your service, service module.

NCState986 months ago

Thank you to four brave people who took to the air, and the countless people on the ground who made it happen.

Jackgonelol6 months ago

GOD SPEEDDDD COME BACK HOME SAFELY

Kathleen Lyons6 months ago

Every detail and contingency precisely calculated, one or more of the many things I love about NASA space missions.

𝕜𝕠𝕟𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕣 ℤ𝕪𝕘𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕤𝕤𝕠𝕟6 months ago

I'm already waiting for the moon landing.

LibertyBea6 months ago

@NASA_Johnson End apnea🤩🤩🤩👇✌️👇 torniamo a respirare😂🤩🤩🤩👏👏👏👏❤️🇺🇸❤️👏👏👏👏👏(live on @RaiNews 👇👇🥰🥰🥰🥰)

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