Did NASA check for sharks before Artemis 2 splashdown? This is the official answer

one American Teacher and author Chasten Buttigieg asked: “Watching the Artemis splashdown, out of curiosity, does anyone have a responsibility to make sure there are no sharks?“

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not long after NASA to answer. “Yes, recovery teams are monitoring the area, so the only greeting to the crew is the welcome party,” the space agency said in a release.

One person commented: “The only thing NASA forgot to clear from the splash zone was Curiosity. What will the sharks think when the capsule falls from space?” The user mentioned NASA’s Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on August 5, 2012, in Gale Crater.

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Another asked: “What would NASA do if they found a shark? Scare the sharks away?” A third added: “My wife is worried too and asks the same important question.” A fourth wrote: “Imagine this person’s entire mission is: ‘Please don’t let Jaws ruin space history.'”

“What a ride it’s been,” Wiseman said during the splashdown, according to BCC. “We were a steady green crew of one or four,” he added.

Inbound flight director Rick Henfling said the Artemis II mission crew flew 700,237 miles. During the trip, they reached a peak speed of 24,664 mph.

During the mission, the team reportedly “collected a vast amount of data” that will be analyzed in the coming weeks. The Artemis 2 crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.