Artemis II astronauts answering questions on moon flyby mission
IT WAS JUST FIVE DAYS AGO WHEN ARTEMIS TWO ASTRONAUTS SAFELY SPLASHED DOWN OFF THE WEST COAST AFTER THEIR TEN DAY MISSION TO SPACE. ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS WAS THE HEAT SHIELD, WHICH APPEARED TO HOLD UP WELL DURING REENTRY. WESH 2’S SPACE COAST REPORTER MEGAN MORIARTY JOINS US LIVE. AND, MEGAN, WE’RE STILL WAITING TO GET ALL OF THE SPECIFICS. THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE CONCERNS. ONCE THE ARTEMIS TWO ASTRONAUTS RETURNED TO EARTH. BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A COMPLETE DATA REVIEW ONCE THAT ORION CAPSULE COMES BACK HOME. HERE TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. AS FOR ANY OF THE IMPACTS ON THE ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES, WE LIKELY WON’T KNOW THOSE LONG TERM EFFECTS UNTIL SEVERAL YEARS LATER. THE WORLD WATCHED AS ARTEMIS TWO ASTRONAUTS LIFTED OFF TO SPACE AND AROUND THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. THEN SEEING THEM SPLASHED DOWN SAFELY JUST LAST WEEK. PHOTOS SHOW THE ORION CAPSULE IN THE HIGHLY TALKED ABOUT HEAT SHIELD POST RETURN. THE MISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THE HEAT SHIELD APPEARED TO PERFORM AS EXPECTED. IN A POST ON X, NASA ADMINISTRATOR JARED ISAACMAN SAID IN PART, I’M HESITANT TO GET AHEAD OF A PROPER DATA REVIEW, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE SPACE COMMUNITY’S CURIOSITY. ADDING NO UNEXPECTED CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED. I SUSPECT WHEN THE IMAGES ARE RELEASED IT WILL BE PRETTY OBVIOUS THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTEMIS ONE AND ARTEMIS TWO HEAT SHIELD PERFORMANCE. THE HEAT SHIELD IS MEANT TO PROTECT THE ASTRONAUTS FROM EXTREME HEAT AND RADIATION, THAT CAUSES POTENTIALLY LONG TERM EFFECTS. AND SO THAT’S ONE OF THE CONCERNS FOR NASA IS, ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS, ARE THE EFFECTS OF THIS RADIATION POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE MORE THAN WHAT’S ACCEPTABLE, WHAT’S TOLERABLE? THOSE LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS CAN RANGE AND LIKELY WON’T BE DETERMINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO IF IT PASSES THROUGH THE SKIN, WHICH IT WOULD, THEN YOU CAN GET A SKIN BURN FROM THAT POTENTIALLY. THAT’S USUALLY MILD, BUT SOMETIMES CAN BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. IF IT AFFECTS THE BONE MARROW, THEN IT CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, IN TERMS OF ANEMIA. BUT ULTIMATELY, HE SAYS, THE INFORMATION WE GET OUT OF THIS MISSION WILL HELP IN SENDING FUTURE ASTRONAUTS TO THE MOON. THE GOAL OF THIS MISSION IS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WHAT DOES THAT EXPOSURE ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? HOW MUCH RADIATION DO THEY GET? DO THEY GET ANY SIDE EFFECTS FROM THAT, BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM, RIGHT? SO I THINK IT’S EXCITING FOR THE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. THE ORION CAPSULE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK HERE TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, AND THEN SEVERAL DATA ANALYSIS WILL BE PERFORMED. WE’RE STILL WAITING TO LEARN WHEN IT WI
Artemis II astronauts answering questions on moon flyby mission
Astronauts from the Artemis II moon flyby mission will probably be answering questions on their 10-day journey on Thursday afternoon.Watch dwell protection within the video above starting at 2:30 p.m. ETThe Artemis II crew – Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman – safely splashed down off the coast of San Diego on Friday.They efficiently traveled farther than another people in area throughout their mission. The astronauts additionally had the chance to see elements of the moon that had by no means been seen by human eyes earlier than.
Astronauts from the Artemis II moon flyby mission will probably be answering questions on their 10-day journey on Thursday afternoon.
Watch dwell protection within the video above starting at 2:30 p.m. ET
The Artemis II crew – Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman – safely splashed down off the coast of San Diego on Friday.
They efficiently traveled farther than any other people in area throughout their mission. The astronauts additionally had the chance to see elements of the moon that had by no means been seen by human eyes earlier than.
