US EditionArtemis II Astronauts Begin Journey Back to Earth
The four astronauts set a new human-distance record and documented unseen lunar terrain during the 10-day test flight.
- On Tuesday, the Artemis II crew began their four-day journey back toward Earth, targeting a splashdown off the coast of San Diego, California, on Friday, April 10.
- Flying 252,756 miles from Earth during their lunar flyby, the crew broke the distance record previously set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
- NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, alongside Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, spent Monday observing the lunar surface and witnessing a solar eclipse.
- President Donald Trump called the crew on Monday to congratulate them, stating their mission "paves the way for America's return to the lunar surface very soon."
- NASA intends to establish a permanent lunar south pole foothold, with a crewed landing targeted for 2028 following 2027 tests of commercial landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin.
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Sending scientific data to Earth, then for astronauts a little rest (ANSA)
Artemis II crew on course to head back home
(CNN, KYMA) - The Artemis II astronauts are now on course to head back to Earth after their historic, record-breaking lunar flyby. President Donald Trump spoke with the crew Monday, congratulating them and the entire team at NASA for an incredible, historic mission. President Trump also made clear this is just the beginning. Day six of the Artemis II mission was record-breaking as the four astronauts traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever …
After the moon ride, the four astronauts still have a lot of work to do.
Artemis II heads back to Earth after moon flyby
The Artemis II crew began their journey back to Earth after reaching the far side of the moon on Monday, the farthest any human has ever traveled from our planet. The crew saw parts of the moon’s surface never before seen on their flyby — during which they were out of contact with mission control for about 40 minutes — and requested permission to name two previously unknown craters. They called one Integrity, after the Orion-class capsule they t…
Artemis II just made a historic loop around the moon
HOUSTON — After five days in space and five decades of waiting, astronauts just got a view of the moon unlike any other. The Artemis II mission’s Orion spacecraft looped around the farside of the moon on April 6. This lunar flyby lasted roughly seven hours. The sun lit up only about a fifth of the moon’s farside during that time. Yet the Artemis II crew got front-row seats to parts of the moon that have barely been glimpsed before by human eyes.…
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