NASA won't be flying astronauts to the moon until at least 2024, but are already prepping for good and bad scenarios for Artemis II when the Orion capsule splashes back down on Earth.
The 5,000 mph reentry was a rough one and one of the four astronauts who just spent a week orbiting the moon has a spinal injury. That was the scenario being practiced by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team for Artemis II, which plans to fly humans beyond low-Earth orbit in 2024.