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After its historic 10-day flight to the moon, Artemis II astronauts splashed down off the coast of California on Friday night.
The four crew members of NASA's Artemis II moon mission returned to Earth Friday evening, splashing down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
The four astronauts who only returned to Earth yesterday explained on Saturday what the mission meant to them.
Following an obscene Easter Sunday social media post and a rambling press conference on his war in Iran, President Donald Trump made an awkward call to the astronauts orbiting the moon, leaving dead air defying gravity along with the crew.
After making history on their journey around the moon, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen have come home.
The Artemis II astronauts fielded questions during an in-space news conference Wednesday, April 8, aboard their Orion spacecraft Integrity.
Speaking with reporters from aboard the Orion spacecraft, the four crew members called their experience singular and said it’s forged a bond between them that cannot be replicated.
The Artemis II astronauts are on their final full day in space, preparing for their upcoming atmospheric reentry and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Drawing ever closer to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts tidied up their lunar cruiser for the upcoming “fireball” return and reflected on their historic journ
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Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moon after spending a day around Earth
NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon. The so-called translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and one Canadian on course for a lunar fly-around early next week.
By Joey Roulette HOUSTON, April 8 (Reuters) - Four astronauts traveling back to Earth from the far side of the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission spoke of their emotions as they wrapped up the unprecedented flight and prepared to re-enter the atmosphere in a "fireball",