At 10:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for 9 seconds, producing an acceleration in velocity of 5.3 feet-per-second and pushing the Artemis II crew towards Earth. The crew is now greater than midway house.
About two hours earlier than the burn, there was an sudden return hyperlink lack of sign throughout an information price change affecting the transmission of communications and telemetry from the spacecraft to the bottom. Two-way communications have been reestablished, and flight controllers resumed getting ready for the upcoming burn with the crew shortly after.
Earlier immediately, NASA officers held a mission status briefing and shared extra data on re-entry and splashdown procedures.
The third return trajectory correction burn is scheduled for April 10 at about 1:53 p.m. forward of re-entry procedures.
NASA is focusing on splashdown at 8:07 p.m. (5:07 p.m. PDT) Friday, April 10, off the coast of San Diego.
