Houston Matters Artemis II returning home (April 10, 2026)
Apr 10, 2026
Maurício Campos, founder of the Brazilian Cultural Institute and organizer of Houston's Brazilian Food and Music Festival, talks about the growth of Houston’s Brazilian community. He discusses cultural programming, festival highlights like food, music and dance, and how community-building has evolved in the city.
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Set Up For Success Before Reentry
- NASA can't make split-second fixes during reentry so mission control focuses on exhaustive preflight checks and setting up the right trajectory and heat-shield protections.
- Lead flight director Jeff Radigan emphasizes preparing everything in advance because errors during those 13 minutes occur too quickly to correct.
Post-Splashdown Debriefs And Public Tour
- After splashdown astronauts will travel quickly from California back to Houston for family time and debriefs, potentially as soon as the next day.
- They'll undergo medical checks, scientific debriefs, and a national tour to share mission findings and prep for Artemis 3 and 4.
Corpus Christi Pumping Drains Neighboring Wells
- Corpus Christi's emergency pumping into regional aquifers caused nearby rural well levels to drop dramatically, sometimes 15 feet in days.
- Small towns dependent on those aquifers risk running out first as Corpus Christi ramps large-scale extraction.
