{"id":8018,"date":"2026-04-10T04:03:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/artemis-ii-flight-day-9-second-return-correction-burn-complete-nasa-gov\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:03:42","slug":"artemis-ii-flight-day-9-second-return-correction-burn-complete-nasa-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/artemis-ii-flight-day-9-second-return-correction-burn-complete-nasa-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Flight Day 9: Second Return Correction Burn Complete &#8211; NASA (.gov)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine E. Williams<br \/>NASA Communications<br \/>At\u00a010:53\u00a0p.m. EDT, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/orion-spacecraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orion<\/a>\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0ignited its thrusters for\u00a09\u00a0seconds, producing an acceleration\u00a0in velocity of\u00a05.3\u00a0feet-per-second\u00a0and\u00a0pushing\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artemis II<\/a>\u00a0crew\u00a0toward Earth.\u00a0The crew is now more than halfway home.\u00a0<br \/>About two\u00a0hours before the burn, there was an unexpected\u00a0return\u00a0link loss of signal\u00a0during a data rate change\u00a0affecting the transmission of communications and telemetry from the spacecraft to the ground. Two-way communications\u00a0were\u00a0reestablished,\u00a0and flight\u00a0controllers resumed preparing for the upcoming burn\u00a0with the crew\u00a0shortly after.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Earlier today, NASA officials held a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1YGNrZNeraQGw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mission status briefing<\/a>\u00a0and shared\u00a0additional\u00a0information on re-entry and splashdown procedures.\u00a0<br \/>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/missions\/2026\/04\/09\/artemis-ii-flight-day-9-crew-prepares-to-come-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third return trajectory correction burn<\/a>\u00a0is scheduled for April 10 at about 1:53 p.m. ahead of re-entry procedures.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>NASA is targeting splashdown at 8:07 p.m. (5:07 p.m. PDT) Friday, April 10, off the coast of San Diego.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Catherine E. Williams<br \/>NASA Communications<br \/>NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNX2ZTSzdnOFk2YUxCNjNLVWNfbDJQV1RmOTlkdHRWdjJtdUF2T3d2WVFuai11eGV1UWYyQUIzY09DLTRVRWNGVFQxNWppbnpTdlkyYXJoZndJOFVORHlqdS1sWDZ0dXlMdWlReEtQdVdCcjIzdzY0WTZiQXFuRWNoXzNEamhqT1hHR3FxZDZ3Q2R1bGZJdWZkZEpJVnBBcmhvbmtxTm5EX2xkLW1HcFBJ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine E. WilliamsNASA CommunicationsAt\u00a010:53\u00a0p.m. EDT, the\u00a0Orion\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0ignited its thrusters for\u00a09\u00a0seconds, producing an acceleration\u00a0in velocity of\u00a05.3\u00a0feet-per-second\u00a0and\u00a0pushing\u00a0the\u00a0Artemis II\u00a0crew\u00a0toward Earth.\u00a0The crew is now more than halfway home.\u00a0About two\u00a0hours before the burn, there was an unexpected\u00a0return\u00a0link loss of signal\u00a0during a data rate change\u00a0affecting the transmission of communications and telemetry from the spacecraft to the ground. Two-way communications\u00a0were\u00a0reestablished,\u00a0and flight\u00a0controllers resumed preparing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}