The four astronauts aboard Artemis II, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, have officially returned home. Their Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego just after 8 p.m. ET on Friday, completing the Artemis II crew’s nearly 1.2-million-kilometre journey. Getting safely back to Earth was a big milestone to overcome. While hurtling toward the planet at more than 38,000 kilometres an hour, the spacecraft, named Integrity, had to endure a 13-minute high-speed descent through Earth’s atmosphere. At about 120,000 metres above the Earth’s surface, the capsule was travelling at approximately 33 times the speed of sound. The crew was expected to experience up to 3.9 Gs in the planned entry profile. At around 1,800 metres above water, three main parachutes deployed, reducing Integrity’s speed to less than 218 km/h. The capsule landed at an estimated speed of 27 km/h. Footage via NASA #ArtemisII