我麵對太平洋迎著微涼的海風，在聖地亞哥的Torry Pine 的最高點，架起了三腳架，調好了照相機所有的參數，準備迎接2026年4月10日17點07分這個將在人類曆史有濃墨重彩一筆的時刻。
在我的Calendar上麵，詳細地記錄著這麽幾行字：The Artemis 2 Orion capsule is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, on Friday, April 10, 2026, around 8:07 p.m. EDT (5:07 p.m. PDT). The crew will be recovered by a U.S. Navy vessel, likely the USS John P. Murtha, after a 10-day mission.
這就是我今天很早就背著幾十斤重的三腳架、照相機和長焦鏡頭到Torry Pine山頂上的原因，就是想記錄一下在我有生之年經曆過的人類曆史的裏程碑事件。
今天的海邊，多雲的天氣，不能看得很遠。根據NASA的報道，Artemis 2 將於當地下午5:07分降落在距離聖地亞哥海岸50-150英裏的海麵上，我能捕捉到，Artemis 2號濺落的機會畫麵微乎其微，但是，這樣的曆史時刻，值得等待，值得一試。
Torry Pine 的山頂上，有很多人架著望遠鏡，架著照相機，等待著那激動人心的一刻。
太平洋，灰茫茫烏蒙蒙的，遠處一點兒都不清晰。
我隻有一邊等待，一邊聽著Nasa 的直播。
- 7:33 p.m.: Orion’s crew module separates from the service module, exposing its heat shield for the spacecraft’s return through Earth’s atmosphere, where it will encounter temperatures of about 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 7:37 p.m.: Following separation, Orion will perform an 18 second crew module raise burn beginning to set the proper entry angle and align the heat shield for atmospheric interface.
- 7:53 p.m.: When Orion reaches 400,000 feet above Earth’s surface while traveling nearly 35 times the speed of sound. The crew is expected to experience up to 3.9 Gs in the planned entry profile. This moment marks the spacecraft’s first contact with the upper atmosphere and the start of a planned six-minute communications blackout as plasma builds around the capsule.
- 8:03 p.m.: Around 22,000 feet in altitude, the drogue parachutes deploy, slowing and stabilizing the capsule as Orion nears splashdown.
- 8:04 p.m.: At around 6,000 feet, the drogues release, and the three main parachutes deploy, reducing Orion’s speed to less than 136 mph.
- 8:07 p.m.: Slowing to 20 mph, Orion splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, completing the Artemis II crew’s return to Earth and a 694,481-mile journey.
安全濺落在聖地亞哥海域。
太偉大了，偉大的宇航員，偉大的NASA, 偉大的美國，偉大的人類！
The Artemis 2 將激勵一代又一代的美國人為了理想而奮鬥，加油孩子們，加油美國！
真的是太太太太偉大了！
《版權偉大所有，翻印太太不究》
