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4/10/2026, 8:45:01 PM
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U.S. Navy, First Air Force ready for Artemis II splashdown near California
I've actually been thinking about entry
since April 3rd, 2023 when we got assigned to this mission.
And one of the first press conferences we were asked,
"What are we looking forward to?" And I said, "Splash down."
And it's kind of humorous, but it's literal uh as well that we have to get back.
>> Hopefully, we've done our best to bring folks together and and to make sure that we can be the best they can be.
The four of us are now forged in a friendship that is very unique and we will cherish this this bond that we share for the rest of our lives.
The crew of Artemis 2 speaking about their historic mission as they begin their journey back home.
The crew's capsule will travel more than 24,000 miles per hour, enduring temperatures of more than 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit from the re-entry.
There's also a communication blackout for 6 minutes before the capsule splashes down into the ocean.
Colonel Jeff Williams is a former NASA astronaut and a retired US Army Colonel.
Welcome to you, sir.
Uh, thank you for joining us.
We are looking forward to this.
We're now just hours away.
The countdown is on.
What are what's on your mind as we get closer to Splashdown?
>> Well, thank you for having me today, Sandra.
No, it's what uh the crew is focused right now on the return.
Obviously, there's a a sequence of events that are very critical that'll culminate their mission.
uh they're anticipating the the high gload loading as you mentioned coming through coming through literally in a fireball um and then going through that uh parachute opening sequence with the drogue shoot first and then the main shoot coming out later I can tell you from my experience
uh that's the longest uh let's say minute of your life uh getting to that parachute opening but once it opens of course then everything will calm down
and uh they drift down to splashdown and I'm sure they'll be right on target
where search and rescue forces the Navy We will uh and NASA team will will recover them quickly.
>> Most of us can't even fathom what that will feel like and most of us will never ever experience that.
What coming through a fireball? I mean, what will they feel?
What will that what will that experience be like?
>> Well, it's hard to explain to somebody that hasn't uh gone through it of uh the buildup of the G's. you're in weightlessness and until you enter the upper parts of the atmosphere and then you start feeling just a little bit of acceleration.
If you drop your pencil instead of floating in front of you, it'll stop start falling slowly and then quicker and quicker and quicker and of course then it it builds up to that 4gs that you mentioned.
Uh so if you weigh 200 lb, you feel like 800 lb, but you're in a seat that's designed to take the load and it's very bearable. It's not as much G as we would pull in a in a fighter aircraft, for example.
Uh but then the uh the parachute opening sequence is also pretty violent. Uh you're getting thrown into the straps of your seat uh for that period of time until until the uh the main shoot opens.
Uh but no, it's uh it happens fast. It's somewhat violent and uh but it's pretty exciting.
>> Yeah. Um Colonel Butch Wilmore was on the program yesterday and he was explaining uh the pressure of the spacecraft like only Butch can watch.
as they enter the atmosphere.
Real quick, I'll show you the center of pressure for the bottom of the spacecraft is not in the center.
It's designed such that the averages out off center so it can roll and produce lift.
So, they can maneuver even that brown cylinder to a position to hit that bullseye that they desire.
>> That's simple using a kitchen plate.
But hey, it works for folks like me.
Um, so as far as uh you know the the the critical nature of splashdown and just how dangerous this moment in the journey is,
is, this was the NASA administrator on what keeps him up at night.
Listen, >> in terms of what keeps me up at night,
my blood pressure will be elevated until they're under parachutes in the water off the west coast.
There's no plan B's there. That's the thermal protection system. The heat shield has to work.
>> The parachute. All right.
So this is the um parachute sequence. We'll throw this up on the screen.
is can you sort of take us through this and what you'll be watching for in these critical seconds?
>> Yeah, and the timing of all of this is very predictable. The crew will know when each event is to occur and of course mission control will be following it as well.
Um when it uh gets to the point of the drogue shoot coming out, which is uh about 22,000 ft, uh that they will come out, they'll ride that for about a minute or so.
they'll be released and the three main shoots come out.
Uh, as I mentioned before, that's a somewhat of a a violent phase of the flight. It's uh very doable, but it's a it's not as smooth as uh the rest of the flight.
The main shoots come out, there's a a sequence of opening of them, a phased opening. Uh, and then things will settle down as they're they're just uh hanging under the shoots and drift down for oh 10 or 12 minutes or so until splashdown.
splashdown. splashdown will be about 20 miles an hour. Uh so very very comfortable landed in the water.
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