Do Spacecraft Really Have To Endure The Hazards of Reentry

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An extended answer to a question I keep seeing - can spacecraft avoid the furious heat of reentry by slowing down before reaching the atmosphere, or, but flying above it until slow enough to avoid it.

The footage is from the Artemis 1 mission reentry.

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