The Artemis II crew is scheduled to return to Earth on 10 April aboard the Orion spacecraft. At Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, BBC got a tour of a model of the Orion spacecraft.

Upon re-entry, the bottom of the shield will experience the hottest temperatures on Earth and it travel about 25,000 mph and endure temperatures of nearly 5,000F (2,760C) — about half as hot as the Sun.