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Space Scientists Wince as Astronauts’ Lives Depend on Artemis 2’s Controversial Heat Shield During Plunge Back to Earth

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Space Scientists Wince as Astronauts’ Lives Depend on Artemis 2’s Controversial Heat Shield During Plunge Back to Earth
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NASA’s Artemis 2 mission has successfully journeyed around the far side of the Moon and is currently making its long way back to Earth.



Just after 8 pm Eastern time today, the Orion spacecraft’s crew module will separate from its service module, which allowed the spacecraft to propel itself through space. Then it’ll slam into the Earth’s atmosphere at full force, at a speed of over 23,000 mph, heating it up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it slows down enough over the n

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