Artemis II astronauts back on Earth
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The Artemis II crew flew farther from Earth than any humans in history as they passed over the far side of the moon on Monday night.
The first astronauts to visit the moon in more than a half-century are home. Artemis II’s crew of four emerged from their lunar capsule after a splashdown in the Pacific on Friday evening and were flown by helicopter to the Navy’s recovery ship.
Christina Koch, one of the four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft, is the first woman to journey into deep space and fly around the moon.
The Artemis II crew's nine-day moon mission set a record for the farthest any human has ever traveled from Earth. Here's a look at the key moments.
Reentry is one of the most intense phases of space missions, and the return of the Artemis astronauts will be a test of their spacecraft’s heat shield.