Overview
- NASA says splashdown is set for Friday at 8:07 p.m. ET off San Diego after a 10‑day crewed flight around the Moon.
- The reentry sequence includes service‑module separation, a brief communications blackout during peak heating, and staged parachute deployment.
- Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will be recovered by a U.S. Navy team aboard the USS John P. Murtha.
- The crew is expected to remain inside the capsule for about two hours before extraction and medical exams on the ship.
- NASA adjusted the reentry plan after heat‑shield wear seen on the uncrewed Artemis I, making this descent a key proof of Orion’s readiness for future Moon missions.