{"id":595448,"date":"2026-04-10T19:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595448\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:51:07","slug":"artemis-ii-live-updates-integrity-completes-final-manoeuvre-as-crew-prepares-for-re-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595448\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II live updates: Integrity completes final manoeuvre as crew prepares for re-entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The NASA Artemis II crew \u2013 mission specialist Christina Koch, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover \u2013 pose for a group photo inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home after a flyby of the far side of the moon on Monday.NASA\/Reuters<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 15:47The crew\u2019s official space jam playlist<\/p>\n

The four-person crew of NASA\u2019s Artemis II have curated a selection of wake-up songs that accompanied them on their historic journey around the moon, and some of their picks might surprise you.<\/p>\n

In a video shared by NASA<\/a>, the astronauts discuss how they chose their personal favourites, a tradition dating back to the earliest days of spaceflight. From Queen and David Bowie\u2019s classic Under Pressure to Chappell Roan\u2019s pop anthem Pink Pony Club, it\u2019s an eclectic mix. <\/p>\n

You can listen to the full playlist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 15:31Where are the Artemis II astronauts landing?<\/p>\n

\u2013 Globe staff<\/p>\n

The astronauts are expected to land just off the coast of San Diego, Calif., in the world\u2019s largest and deepest ocean: the Pacific. <\/p>\n

Landing in water is generally considered to be safer than touching down on land. Not only does the ocean provide a natural cushion to absorb some of the capsule\u2019s high-speed impact, but it also provides a larger target surface area.<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 15:12Watch: How Artemis II is expected to re-enter and splashdown<\/p>\n

– Reuters<\/p>\n

A NASA animation shows the expected reentry and splashdown to conclude the Artemis II mission today.<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 15:03The final manoeuvre of Integrity completed<\/p>\n

– Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n

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A view of NASA’s Orion spacecraft in the foreground, lit up by the sun, with the first-quarter moon visible behind it, as photographed by one of the cameras on the spacecraft’s solar arrays during the Artemis II lunar flyby on Monday.NASA\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Integrity has just concluded an 8-second engine burn \u2014 meant to be the final manoeuvre of a nearly 10-day journey that took it around the moon and back to Earth. Afterwards, crew commander Reid Wiseman could be heard giving a shout out to the Netherlands-based team that built the European Service Module which has powered, propelled and supplied Integrity during its flight. <\/p>\n

The service module is scheduled to be jettisoned about 29 minutes before the capsule makes contact with Earth\u2019s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 14:32An astronaut\u2019s guide to re-entry<\/p>\n

– Globe staff<\/p>\n

Want to know what it\u2019s like to return to earth after a journey to space? Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is more than happy to respond to your queries. <\/p>\n

Today, the former commander of the International Space Station took to the social media platform, X, to answer questions from curious citizens, including how loud re-entry is, and whether it will feel like a smooth or shaky ride for the astronauts.<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 14:29Crew about to embark on final preparations<\/p>\n

– Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n

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NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman takes a moment during the seven-hour lunar observation period where the crew reported to the ground team their observations including colour nuances, April 6, 2026.NASA\/Reuters<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission is reaching its finale today as its four astronauts prepare to return to Earth in their spacecraft dubbed Integrity.<\/p>\n

The mission plan calls for the capsule to splash down in the Pacific Ocean this evening at about 8:07 ET. The crew is away and making final preparations, including for the last course correction burn that will keep them on track. This is expected at about 2:55 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

The busiest part of the process will begin about 7 p.m. ET with the descent through the atmosphere expected to last about 13 minutes.<\/p>\n

You can read more about the sequence and about the capsule\u2019s heat shield here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 14:17How the splashdown works, and what happens to the astronauts after<\/p>\n

– Globe staff<\/p>\n

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Jared Daum, aerospace engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, displays the Orion spacecraft’s parachute system on April 9, 2026, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.RONALDO SCHEMIDT\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Artemis II splashdown is a precise, 14-minute, high-stakes procedure where the Orion capsule re-enters Earth\u2019s atmosphere at roughly 25,000 mph, using a heat shield to survive 5,000\u00b0F (2760\u00b0C) temperatures before deploying 11 parachutes to slow to 17 mph for a Pacific Ocean landing.<\/p>\n

Following the splashdown, recovery teams will retrieve the crew using helicopters and deliver them to the USS John P Murtha. Once aboard, the astronauts will undergo post-mission medical evaluations in the ship\u2019s medical bay before travelling back to shore to meet with an aircraft bound for NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 14:00What time do the Artemis II astronauts return to Earth?<\/p>\n

– Globe staff<\/p>\n

The crew is currently slated to splashdown back on Earth at 8:07 p.m. ET, according to NASA. <\/p>\n

However, the landing process is extremely precise, and the exact timing could change depending on several factors throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Leading up to the big event, the crew will complete a number of tasks, including separation from the service module. <\/p>\n

The spacecraft is expected to make first contact with the earth\u2019s upper atmosphere at 7:53 p.m. The drogue parachutes will deploy at 8:03 p.m., slowing and stabilizing the capsule before the main parachutes deploy a minute later.<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 14:00How to track the Artemis II mission live<\/p>\n

– Reet Arora<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW) is allowing people to track Artemis II live as it progresses in unexplored airspace. <\/p>\n

Anyone with internet access can track where Orion and the crew are, including their distance from Earth, distance from the moon, the mission duration, and more.<\/p>\n

Access to AROW is available on:<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 14:00The mission\u2019s flight path<\/p>\n

– Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n

NASA called the mission a \u201clunar flyby\u201d because the spacecraft did not technically orbit around the moon. Instead, it traced a figure-8 loop that started on the east side of the moon (the left side as seen from the northern hemisphere) and swung around the back to the other side.<\/p>\n

The collective gravitational pull of the Earth and moon together will send the spacecraft back toward Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean today.<\/p>\n

\t\t<\/p>\n

Orion will travel more than <\/p>\n

400,000 km from Earth and <\/p>\n

could set a new record for <\/p>\n

the farthest humans have <\/p>\n

ever gone into space<\/p>\n

Lift-off from Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n

Two minutes after launch, boosters <\/p>\n

separate followed by launch abort system<\/p>\n

Eight minutes after launch ICPS and Orion <\/p>\n

separate from Core stage. Orion\u2019s solar <\/p>\n

arrays unfurl<\/p>\n

After 90-minute orbit, ICPS fires engines<\/p>\n

to raise Orion to higher Earth orbit. <\/p>\n

Crew begins multiple system checks<\/p>\n

If everything is in order, Orion separates <\/p>\n

from ICPS.Then, astronauts manually fly<\/p>\n

Orion toward and away from ICPS, practising <\/p>\n

proximity operations for future missions<\/p>\n

Around 23 hours later, Orion Service Module<\/p>\n

carries out Translunar Injection (TLI) burn \u2013<\/p>\n

sending Orion on a trajectory around <\/p>\n

the moon<\/p>\n

After lunar flyby on Day 6, gravity draws <\/p>\n

Orion back toward Earth<\/p>\n

Just before re-entry, Orion\u2019s crew module <\/p>\n

separates from service module<\/p>\n

Capsule re-enters atmosphere at speed of <\/p>\n

32,187 km\/h and temperatures of up to <\/p>\n

2,200\u00b0C<\/p>\n

Series of parachutes slow craft before <\/p>\n

splashdown in Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Sources: GRAPHIC NEWS; <\/p>\n

NASA; ESA; Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n

\t\t<\/p>\n

Orion will travel more than <\/p>\n

400,000 km from Earth and <\/p>\n

could set a new record for <\/p>\n

the farthest humans have <\/p>\n

ever gone into space<\/p>\n

Lift-off from Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n

Two minutes after launch, boosters <\/p>\n

separate followed by launch abort system<\/p>\n

Eight minutes after launch ICPS and Orion <\/p>\n

separate from Core stage. Orion\u2019s solar <\/p>\n

arrays unfurl<\/p>\n

After 90-minute orbit, ICPS fires engines<\/p>\n

to raise Orion to higher Earth orbit. <\/p>\n

Crew begins multiple system checks<\/p>\n

If everything is in order, Orion separates <\/p>\n

from ICPS.Then, astronauts manually fly<\/p>\n

Orion toward and away from ICPS, practising <\/p>\n

proximity operations for future missions<\/p>\n

Around 23 hours later, Orion Service Module<\/p>\n

carries out Translunar Injection (TLI) burn \u2013<\/p>\n

sending Orion on a trajectory around <\/p>\n

the moon<\/p>\n

After lunar flyby on Day 6, gravity draws <\/p>\n

Orion back toward Earth<\/p>\n

Just before re-entry, Orion\u2019s crew module <\/p>\n

separates from service module<\/p>\n

Capsule re-enters atmosphere at speed of <\/p>\n

32,187 km\/h and temperatures of up to <\/p>\n

2,200\u00b0C<\/p>\n

Series of parachutes slow craft before <\/p>\n

splashdown in Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Sources: GRAPHIC NEWS; <\/p>\n

NASA; ESA; Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n

\t\t<\/p>\n

After lunar flyby on Day 6,<\/p>\n

gravity draws Orion back<\/p>\n

toward Earth<\/p>\n

Just before re-entry, Orion\u2019s <\/p>\n

crew module separates from <\/p>\n

service module<\/p>\n

Capsule re-enters atmosph-<\/p>\n

ere at speed of 32,187 km\/h <\/p>\n

and temperatures of up to <\/p>\n

2,200\u00b0C<\/p>\n

Series of parachutes slow<\/p>\n

craft before splashdown in<\/p>\n

Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n

Orion will travel more than <\/p>\n

400,000 km from Earth and <\/p>\n

could set a new record for <\/p>\n

the farthest humans have <\/p>\n

ever gone into space<\/p>\n

Lift-off from<\/p>\n

Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n

Two minutes after launch, <\/p>\n

boosters separate followed <\/p>\n

by launch abort system<\/p>\n

Eight minutes after launch,<\/p>\n

ICPS and Orion separate from<\/p>\n

Core stage. Orion\u2019s solar arrays unfurl<\/p>\n

After 90-minute orbit, ICPS fires engines<\/p>\n

to raise Orion to higher Earth orbit. <\/p>\n

Crew begins multiple system checks<\/p>\n

If everything is in order, Orion separates <\/p>\n

from ICPS.Then, astronauts manually fly<\/p>\n

Orion toward and away from ICPS, practising <\/p>\n

proximity operations for future missions<\/p>\n

Around 23 hours later, Orion Service Module<\/p>\n

carries out Translunar Injection (TLI) burn \u2013<\/p>\n

sending Orion on a trajectory around the moon<\/p>\n

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Sources: GRAPHIC NEWS; NASA; ESA; Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n

04\/10\/26 14:00The Artemis II astronauts<\/p>\n

– Reet Arora <\/p>\n

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This screengrab taken from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II mission astronauts (L-R) NASA’s pilot Victor Glover, NASA commander Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency’s mission specialist Jeremy Hansen and NASA’s mission specialist Christina Koch from inside the Orion spacecraft on April 4.Supplied\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Artemis II crew consists of three Americans and one Canadian: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen<\/a>. The mission\u2019s crew was selected in 2023.<\/p>\n

Commander Reid WisemanBaltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n

Previously flew as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 41 from May through November 2014, logging more than 165 days in space. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in systems engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n

Pilot Victor GloverPomona, California<\/p>\n

This is Glover\u2019s second flight to space having previously served as pilot on NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-1, which flew to the International Space Station. He has contributed to scientific investigations, technology demonstrations and participated in four spacewalks.<\/p>\n

Mission Specialist Christina KochJacksonville, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Koch has served as flight engineer aboard the International Space Station for Expedition 59, 60 and 61. She has set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman with a total of 328 days in space and participated in the first all-female spacewalks.<\/p>\n

Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen London, Ont.<\/p>\n

Hansen is the first Canadian astronaut to venture to the moon. The former fighter pilot was selected as one of two recruits by the Canadian Space Agency for its astronaut recruitment program in 2009 and began working at the Mission Control Center in Houston in 2011.<\/p>\n

He has previously participated in the European Space Agency\u2019s CAVES program in Italy during which he lived underground for six days. He was a crew member of space mission simulation NEEMO 19 before becoming the first Canadian to lead a NASA astronaut class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: The NASA Artemis II crew \u2013 mission specialist Christina Koch, mission specialist Jeremy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1397,10456,49,48,11124,1399,203196,66,306,5756,1400,2785],"class_list":{"0":"post-595448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-appwebview","9":"tag-aud-growth","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-live-blog","13":"tag-nopolly","14":"tag-noreadtime","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-space","17":"tag-yesapplenews","18":"tag-yespop","19":"tag-yessnap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}