How NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft will splash down to end its moon mission in 8 not-so-easy steps

[Admin]

The Artemis 1 mission will end nearly a month in space with a series of wild landing steps, from skipping off of Earth's atmosphere to splashing down in the ocean.

How NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft will splash down to end its moon mission in 8 not-so-easy steps : Read more

 

[newtons_laws]

Quote from article " The pilot parachutes will deploy when the Orion is roughly 9,500 feet (2,900 m) above the ground and traveling at 190 feet (130 m) per second. "

There's something wrong with those quoted speeds 190 feet (130m) per second. 190 feet does not correspond to 130 m. At least one of those figures must be incorrect.

 

[glelder]

Quote from article " The pilot parachutes will deploy when the Orion is roughly 9,500 feet (2,900 m) above the ground and traveling at 190 feet (130 m) per second. "

There's something wrong with those quoted speeds 190 feet (130m) per second. 190 feet does not correspond to 130 m. At least one of those figures must be incorrect.

190 FPS equates to 130 MPH not 130 meters per second.

 

[craig964]

The article states that a "skip" reentry wasn't possible during Apollo. But apparently they did employ a skip entry. https://www.aulis.com/re-entrymatters.htm