US EditionArtemis II Astronauts Return. What's Next for NASA's Moon, Mars Plans?
The crew traveled 252,760 miles farther from Earth than any humans in history as NASA advanced its plan for a lunar landing by 2028.
- Four Artemis II crew members are preparing for a Pacific Ocean splashdown following their historic 10-day lunar flyby. Commander Reid Wiseman and his team traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history.
- Three astronauts made history by venturing within the moon's vicinity during the mission. NASA astronaut Christina Koch became the first woman, Victor Glover the first Black man, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen the first Canadian to reach this deep space milestone.
- The crew traveled about 695,081 miles on the Orion spacecraft since launching April 1 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They captured unprecedented images of the moon's far side, including the Orientale basin, largely invisible from Earth.
- Preparations for the 2027 Artemis III mission are underway, involving commercial lunar landers from SpaceX or Blue Origin. This mission aims to return astronauts to the moon's surface for the first time since 1972.
- NASA's ultimate goal is establishing a permanent lunar presence, with a $20 billion moon base serving as a stepping stone for deeper space exploration. The agency currently targets the 2030s for humanity's first journey to Mars.
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Artemis II Gives U.S. Momentum in Renewed Moon Race
“Floating in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, the four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission had achieved more than just a historic return to human spaceflight around the moon,” the New York Times reports. “The successful conclusion of Artemis II sets NASA on a path to extend the agency’s achievements in space exploration, and, for now at least, the United States is ahead of China in a 21st century space race.”
In contact with the press at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, representatives of the Space Agency valued the work of the technical team and agreed that "the challenges that will come will be greater."After medical assessments, the four astronauts were transferred to San Diego.
To the moon and back: Artemis II made history and forged connections across the country
Artemis II’s four astronauts returned to Earth from their mission to the moon on Friday, with their gumdrop-shaped Orion spacecraft splashing down in the Pacific Ocean waters off the California coast.
After a successful 10-day lunar mission, which he did not launch, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen successfully returned to Earth with plans to pass the baton to the next mission. The ship was attracted by the Earth’s gravity on a free return path in which the astronauts felt their weight multiplied by four. The four astronauts are in good condition after a successful landing and their 10-day mission explo…
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