NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have safely returned to Earth. The Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026, completing a 10-day journey around the Moon the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. Background: What Is the Artemis II Mission? The NASA Artemis II mission is the first crewed test flight of NASA’s Artemis program. It is humanity’s first step back toward the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Artemis II was a nine-day lunar flyby mission the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis…
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