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After splashing down off California, the Artemis II crew returned to Houston as NASA begins folding lessons from the first crewed mission in the program into future lunar plans.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts are back on Earth after a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back, completing the first crewed deep-space lunar mission of the Artemis era and setting a new distance record for humans.

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have returned to Earth after a nearly 10-day mission around the Moon, setting a new record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific on April 10, successfully ending Artemis 2, the first human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than 50 years.

NASA's Artemis II crew splashed down in the Pacific after nearly 10 days around the Moon, closing the agency's first crewed lunar test mission in more than half a century.

NASA’s Artemis II mission ended with a safe Pacific splashdown after a 10-day, 685,000-mile journey around the Moon, marking the successful close of humanity’s first crewed lunar voyage since Apollo-era missions.

NASA’s Artemis II mission ended with a successful splashdown, marking the first return of astronauts from the moon since the Apollo era and Orion’s first crewed deep-space landing.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down off the California coast on April 10, bringing the four-person Artemis 2 crew home after a 10-day test flight around the moon.

NASA’s Artemis 2 crew has returned to Earth after a 10-day mission around the moon, closing the first crewed Artemis flight and setting a new human-distance record in the process.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is set to end with an Orion splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, bringing home the first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17.

Despite problems seen on Artemis I, NASA says testing, analysis, and trajectory changes support confidence in the Artemis II heat shield for crewed lunar-return reentry.

As Artemis II closes out its 10-day mission, NASA’s Orion capsule is set to hit Earth’s atmosphere at more than 25,000 mph, with reentry and heat-shield performance now the mission’s most closely watched risk.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is approaching its most hazardous phase as Orion returns from a lunar flyby for a planned Pacific splashdown off California.

Six days into NASA’s Artemis II mission, the Orion crew passed the Apollo 13 distance record, marking the farthest humans have traveled from Earth and underscoring the agency’s plan to return crews to the Moon.

NASA has published the first official moon-flyby images from Artemis II, including a rare in-space solar eclipse and views of terrain on the lunar far side as the crew returns to Earth.

NASA says Orion remains in good condition on its return from the moon, while scientists begin reviewing imagery and observations collected during the crewed lunar flyby.

NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts saw a total solar eclipse from beyond the moon during their lunar flyby, with totality lasting about 53 minutes.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission is being remembered as the first crewed flight toward the moon in more than 50 years, but its importance lies just as much in the systems it is testing for the missions that follow.

NASA’s Artemis II crew looped behind the Moon and briefly became the farthest humans ever to travel from Earth, marking a symbolic and operational milestone for the agency’s return to deep-space crewed exploration.

The Artemis II astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history, surpassing the Apollo 13 mark as Orion looped around the far side of the moon.