Amit Shathria
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There's no question that we'll all be anxious.
They were not just doing what we were telling them to do.
They co-created this solution with us.
The astronauts will hit Earth's atmosphere going nearly 24,000 miles per hour.
Amit Shathria is NASA's associate administrator.
He'll be at mission control in Houston.
After a test flight without a crew found some unexpected damage a few years ago, NASA investigated and changed the re-entry procedures to deal with this issue.
He says the Artemis II astronauts were heavily involved.
He says NASA has done the work needed to be confident that the spacecraft will perform well as it punches through the atmosphere and streaks like a fireball through the sky.
Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
NASA's Amit Shathria at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the crew of four journeyed to a point in space never before reached by humans more than 252,000 miles away and on the far side of the moon, the first humans to visit in more than 50 years.
Their spacecraft, an Orion capsule they've named Integrity, will splash land in the Pacific off San Diego's coast.
NASA's Amit Shathria at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the crew of four journeyed to a point in space never before reached by humans more than 252,000 miles away and on the far side of the moon, the first humans to visit in more than 50 years.
Their spacecraft, an Orion capsule they've named Integrity, will splash land in the Pacific off San Diego's coast.
NASA administrators were very clear when they released these photos.
3I Atlas is not an alien life form, but it's still very worthy of attention, they said.