On Friday evening (April 10) the world watched as the Artemis II spacecraft performed a 'perfect' splashdown off the coast of San Diego.

After its historic 10-day flight to the moon, Artemis II astronauts splashed down off the coast of California on Friday night.

The four astronauts made an emotional return to Houston a day after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their 10-day lunar journey.

The Artemis II astronauts concluded their record-breaking 10-day journey on Friday with a smooth splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

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The NASA flight is hours away from parachuting into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, concluding a journey that sent humans around the moon for the first time since 1972.

Artemis I flight controllers at the Johnson Space Center during maximum distance from Earth and Moon on Nov. 28, 2022. Jeff Radigan, the lead flight director for the Artemis II mission, sat at a table at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida alongside his ...