While splashdown can be harrowing – the spacecraft will hurdle through the atmosphere faster than the speed of sound and reach temperatures in the thousands of degrees – NASA has been doing it for decades.

The aircraft sending live images of the return of the Artemis II capsule were the result of a multi-agency cooperation to ensure the safety of the crew and the area around the splashdown zone.

A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is back on Earth after six months in orbit. The robotic Dragon departed the International Space Station (ISS) on schedule Thursday (Feb. 26) at 12:05 p.m. EST (1705 GMT), ending a roughly six-month orbital stay during which it ...

Artemis II crew set to return to Earth from historic moon-orbiting mission. Info about NASA splashdown criteria, weather forecast, what time, location.

The uncrewed spacecraft will return to Earth with completed science experiments for analysis. NASA will provide live coverage of the Dragon's undocking from the orbital outpost. The capsule is expected to make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you notice a bright streak in the sky or hear a faint sonic boom in San Luis Obispo County last night? If so, what you witnessed was a four-person NASA space crew returning to Earth ...

Lines formed outside the San Diego Air and Space Museum ahead of the Orion capsule splashdown. "I hope it goes well, I'm so excited. I have been thinking about them coming back to Earth all day," one woman said.