NASA Artemis II Capsule Returns to Florida After Crewed Lunar Mission
According to a statement released on Tuesday, the capsule—carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—has been transported for a comprehensive inspection process.
Engineers at NASA are now set to begin de-servicing the spacecraft, which involves dismantling and removing various components for analysis and reuse. The work will also focus on retrieving operational data to improve planning for future Artemis missions.
“This includes removing payloads from the crew module, removing avionics boxes for reuse, and retrieving data from the spacecraft to better understand its performance and inform procedures and plans for future Artemis missions," the statement said.
Additional technical work will also be carried out on key systems. As part of the post-flight examination, the spacecraft’s thermal protection system and other structures will be studied in detail, while remaining onboard risks such as residual fuel will be safely managed.
"Orion’s heat shield and other elements will be removed for extensive analysis, and remaining hazards such as excess propellant will be offloaded,” it added.
The Orion capsule was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 1 as part of the Artemis II mission and completed its journey with a return to Earth on April 10.
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