694,481 miles (1,117,659 km) from launch to splashdown. 5000° F. (twice the temperature of a volcano) fended off by the heat shield.
A maximum velocity of 24,661 mph (39,688 km/h) during its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, at “Entry interface”—the moment the capsule first hit the upper layers of the atmosphere at an altitude of about 400,000 feet—at 7:54:04 p.m. EDT.
This velocity is roughly 32 times the speed of sound.
Finally.
1973, Pink Floyd, “Dark Side of the Moon“:
Artemis, II… welcome to San Diego.
While near the moon, did you think of picking up the Wilson Staff 6-Iron golf club (Apollo 14 1971), Alan Shepard smuggled onto the flight in a tube sock—and then “accidentally” left on the moon after he botched a “bunker shot“ and threw it 3.1 miles, 5 km?
You should’ve found it and recovered it. Not for the Smithsonian. But, just in case you’d like to play Torrey Pines in San Diego before you head home?
