No Place Like Home: Artemis II Crew En Route Back to Earth

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🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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As the Artemis II crew prepares for their high-stakes return to Earth, the focus shifts to the complex engineering and strategic phases required to safely bring astronauts home from deep space. NASA astronaut and Navy Commander Matthew Dominick joins to explain the physics of the "skip entry" maneuver used to shed extreme heat and the transition from a spacecraft to an aircraft and, finally, into a boat upon splashdown. Matthew shares his perspective on how these current milestones act as vital building blocks for Artemis III and the long-term vision of establishing a permanent base on the lunar surface. Author James Patterson has been known for his storytelling, but his latest mission is personal. As the son of a teacher, he joins guest host Dana Perino to discuss his new book, Thank You, Teachers, and why he calls educators America’s "last line of defense." They dive into the alarming literacy statistics facing U.S. students, the "secret sauce" for getting kids to read at grade level, plus, why he believes we must treat our educators with the same respect as military heroes. PLUS, commentary by Jason Rantz , Seattle Red radio talk host PHOTO CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Jimmy Phala. I'm Madison Allworth. I'm Bill Hemmer, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:08.3	Friday, April 10th, 2026. I'm Gernal Scott. The astronauts of Artemis 2 return home from
0:15.7	more than a week in space, traveling farther than anyone has before. But just for them to get back on Earth
0:22.4	is not without its risks. So we were a spacecraft or an aircraft and that we're parachuting
0:27.9	and then we splash down and we become a boat. So think of all the technology that goes into doing
0:32.3	that and as a result, there's some risk involved. But it's worth it for the mission.
0:36.4	I'm Dana Perino. There are heroes that we often forget to thank, but their efforts will no
0:41.4	longer be ignored. I'm here to save lives, and it literally, getting kids to read a grade level
0:47.5	will save thousands of lives in this country. And I'm Jason Rantz. I've got the final word on the Fox News
0:53.3	Rundz. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:04.5	It was the first of April when four astronauts were strapped into a launch vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center and took another step closer to a place no one has set foot on for more than five decades.
1:10.4	Four, three, two, one, booster ignition, and lift off.
1:17.1	The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon.
1:20.2	Humanity's next great voyage begins.
1:23.0	The three American NASA astronauts, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Cook, along with Canadian
1:29.3	Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, paved the way for future Artemis missions, going
1:35.4	farther from the Earth than anyone has, and traveling around the moon. Victor Glover, the
1:41.0	mission pilot, mark the moment as he and his crewmates circled toward home.
1:46.1	As we get close to the nearest point to the moon and farthest point from Earth, as we continue
1:51.8	to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos, I would like to remind you of one of the most important
1:59.7	mysteries there on Earth, and that's love.
2:02.7	Now the Artemis astronauts return to Earth. Getting to the moon is far from easy,
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