{"id":385623,"date":"2026-04-10T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385623\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:54:09","slug":"artemis-ii-flight-day-10-crew-completes-final-burn-before-splashdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/385623\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Flight Day\u00a010:\u00a0Crew Completes Final Burn Before Splashdown\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At\u00a02:53\u00a0p.m. EDT, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/orion-spacecraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Orion<\/a>\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0ignited its thrusters for\u00a08\u00a0seconds, producing a change in velocity of\u00a04.2\u00a0feet-per-second\u00a0and\u00a0pushing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Artemis II<\/a>\u00a0toward Earth.\u00a0NASA astronauts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/reid-wiseman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reid Wiseman<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/victor-j-glover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Victor Glover<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/christina-koch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Christina Koch<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/astronauts\/canadian\/active\/bio-jeremy-hansen.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jeremy Hansen<\/a>\u00a0reviewed\u00a0procedures and\u00a0monitored\u00a0the spacecraft\u2019s configuration and navigation data.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0crew\u00a0continues to wrap\u00a0up cabin configuration for re-entry\u00a0and\u00a0move into their entry checklist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Splashdown is targeted for 8:07 p.m. EDT (5:07 p.m. PDT) off the coast of San Diego, where NASA\u2019s recovery team will be standing by to welcome the Artemis II crew home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch live return coverage on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASA+<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00ZVR87LQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Amazon Prime<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/nasa\/id334325516\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/nasa\/id334325516\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/82066548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Netflix<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbomax.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">HBO\u202fMax<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveryplus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Discovery+<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Peacock\u202f<\/a>and\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/channelstore.roku.com\/details\/c670e012f8bd283849273c4f567bd546:734a27393c93bb41e9c9c9d63d71d4c1\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Roku<\/a>, starting at 6:30 p.m. Learn how to\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ways-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">stream NASA content<\/a>\u202fthrough a variety of online platforms, including social media. Coverage will continue until NASA and Department of War personnel safely\u00a0assist\u00a0the crew out of Orion and transport them to the USS John P. Murtha.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View the latest imagery from the Artemis II mission on\u00a0our\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis-ii-multimedia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Artemis II Multimedia Resource Page<\/a>. Please follow @NASAArtemis on\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nasaartemis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASAArtemis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nasaartemis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>\u202ffor real-time updates. Live mission coverage is available on\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASA\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-jsc2025e005915-portrait-300x300.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>April 10, 2026 3:16PM<\/p>\n<p>More from Missions<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At\u00a02:53\u00a0p.m. EDT, the\u00a0Orion\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0ignited its thrusters for\u00a08\u00a0seconds, producing a change in velocity of\u00a04.2\u00a0feet-per-second\u00a0and\u00a0pushing\u00a0Artemis II\u00a0toward Earth.\u00a0NASA astronauts\u00a0Reid Wiseman,\u00a0Victor Glover,\u00a0Christina Koch\u00a0and\u00a0CSA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[6353,6552,111197,20920,111198,85,46,12599,5687,9142,141,145,111199],"class_list":{"0":"post-385623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-artemis","9":"tag-artemis-2","10":"tag-christina-h-koch","11":"tag-exploration-ground-systems","12":"tag-g-reid-wiseman","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-johnson-space-center","16":"tag-missions","17":"tag-orion-multi-purpose-crew-vehicle","18":"tag-science","19":"tag-space","20":"tag-victor-j-glover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}