BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 13:23:00
The final and arguably most risky aspect of the mission, the re—entry and landing. when you send a spacecraft from the moon back to the earth that hits the atmosphere at about 25,000 mph and you have to lose speed before you get into the atmosphere because if you dont you can burn up on re—entry and your spacecraft disintegrates and that is not good for any humans on board. the spacecraft has systems and it is designed to slow it down as it comes through the atmosphere and it is a heat shiel...
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