During re-entry, the Artemis II Orion capsule travels at approximately 25,000 miles per hour (about 39 times the speed of sound), converting enormous kinetic energy into intense heat that peaks around 5,000°F on the heat shield, demonstrating the extreme engineering challenges of returning from lunar missions.
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🚀The true speed of ReentryAdded:
Lift off [music] and traveling through Earth's atmosphere, what's going through your mind in that moment?
>> We're at 39 times the speed of sound.
We're at 6 miles every Not 6 miles a minute.
>> Second.
>> 6 miles a second >> No.
>> 25,000 miles >> 25,000 miles >> You're 25,000 miles per hour.
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