News Wrap: NASA optimistic ahead of Artemis II reentry
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | In the day's other headlines, NASA scientists say they're feeling optimistic as final preparations are underway for the return of the Artemis II astronauts tomorrow. |
| 0:10.2 | Reentry into Earth's atmosphere is one of the most dangerous parts of the mission. |
| 0:14.6 | Their Orion capsule is set to hit speeds of nearly 24,000 miles per hour. |
| 0:19.5 | At a press conference today, officials said they had, quote, |
| 0:22.0 | high confidence that all will go smoothly. |
| 0:24.6 | Tomorrow, the crew is going to put their lives behind that confidence. Until then, the flight |
| 0:29.9 | control team, the engineering team, the recovery forces in the Pacific to every engineer, every |
| 0:33.9 | technician that's touched this machine, tomorrow belongs to you. The crew has done their part. |
| 0:39.0 | Now we have to do ours. |
| 0:40.6 | NASA also released new photos today showing the astronauts at work during their journey around |
| 0:45.4 | the moon. They're expected to splash down on Friday evening off the coast of San Diego. |
| 0:51.0 | The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether the NFL used anti-competitive |
| 0:56.3 | tactics in its media rights deals. |
| 0:59.3 | That's according to several news outlets and was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:03.6 | Fans, regulators, and members of Congress have voiced concerns in recent months over the |
| 1:07.8 | cost of watching games now that they're offered across various broadcast, |
| 1:12.1 | cable, and streaming platforms. In a statement, the league defended its practices, saying that, |
| 1:17.1 | quote, with over 87 percent of our games on free broadcast television, the NFL has for decades |
| 1:23.2 | put our fans front and center. The UK and Norway said today they foiled a covert Russian submarine operation to potentially |
| 1:32.2 | sabotage undersea cables in the North Atlantic. |
| 1:35.7 | Britain's defense minister John Haley told reporters that military operation lasted more than a |
| 1:41.0 | month and involved a Royal Navy frigate, aircraft and hundreds of personnel. |
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