Artemis II: 13. Splashdown

13 Minutes to the Moon by BBC

Apr 11, 202635:41Technology

After 9 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes and 15 seconds and 1.1 million kilometres of travel, the Orion “Integrity” probe splashed down successfully on April 11th at 00:07:32 UTC (GMT). Tim Peake, Maggie Aderin, Kristin Fisher,...

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