👨‍🚀 🌎 🚀 Artemis II crew re-enters Earth's atmosphere.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — U.S. intelligence indicates Iran still has thousands of ballistic missiles and could restore parts of its launch capability by recovering launchers from underground storage sites, despite repeated US/Israeli strikes throughout the war, according to WSJ, citing U.S. officials.

➡️ While more than half of Iran’s launchers are believed to have been destroyed, damaged, or trapped underground, U.S. officials assess that many could eventually be repaired or dug out.

➡️ Some in Washington are concerned Tehran could use the current pause in fighting to rebuild elements of its missile arsenal even as efforts continue to solidify the ceasefire and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: Iran hasn't been able to open the Strait of Hormuz to more shipping traffic because it cannot locate all of the mines it laid in the waterway and lacks the capability to remove them, according to NYT, citing U.S. officials.

➡️ The "safe routes" announced by the IRGC are limited in large part because Iran mined the strait haphazardly, U.S. officials said.

➡️ The officials say it is unclear whether Iran accurately tracked the location of every mine it deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, and even when positions were recorded, some mines may have drifted or shifted over time.

👨‍🚀 🌎 🚀 Splashdown in the Pacific— Artemis II crew has safely returned to Earth after their moon mission.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The U.S. is continuing to build up forces in the Middle East ahead of this weekend’s renewed talks with Iran, with more fighter and attack aircraft already deployed and plans to send 1,500–2,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, WSJ reports.

➡️ Additional naval and Marine forces are also moving into the region, including the USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group and the USS Boxer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

🇺🇸🚀🚀 — US' NASA shares the footage showing the last day of Artemis II's Orion capsule in space:

Wake up—it's Artemis II's last day in space!

As the crew prepares to splash down in the Pacific Ocean this evening, they started their day with "Run To The Water" by Live, their wake-up song played by Mission Control.

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🇺🇸🚀🎧 — The Artemis II astronauts talk about the process of picking their wake-up songs and share their favorite songs from the mission.

It can be found here:
https://open.spotify.com/user/nasaspotify

🔗 NASA (@NASA)

🇺🇸🚀🚀 — NASA shares the footage showing the Artemis II crew around 35,000 miles from Earth.

On video, the astronauts are preparing the spacecraft for reentry and the weather is looking good for splashdown.

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🇺🇸🚀🚀 — Video shows the moment when the crew module on Orion has separated from its service module.

🌘 After traveling around the Moon, seeing its far side, and experiencing a solar eclipse, the Artemis II astronauts are on the last leg of their trip home.

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🇺🇸🚀🚀 — Video shows the moment when Artemis II's Orion's main parachute was deployed.

The spacecraft has a system of 11 chutes that will slow it down from around 300 mph to 20 mph for splashdown.

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🇺🇸🚀🚀 — Video shows the moment when Orion spacecraft and the Artemis II crew splashed down on Pacific Ocean

The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.

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