"Whew! That's what I call a thrill." –Apollo 16 astronaut Ken Mattingly

Travelling at more than 11,000 m/s (36,000 ft/s) as the Apollo 16 spacecraft entered the atmosphere, its heat shield reached 2200–2480°C (4000–4500°F) and the crew pulled 7 Gs before its parachutes deployed.
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