Still marvelling over their moon mission, the Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home on Saturday from hundreds who took part in Nasa’s lunar comeback that set a record for deep space travel. The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre and Mission Control, flying in from San Diego where they splashed down just offshore the evening before. After a quick reunion with their spouses and children, the astronauts took the hangar stage, surrounded by...
The four astronauts flew around the Moon in a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans in history.
Four astronauts splashed down in the Pacific after a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans.
Artemis II crew landed in the Pacific Ocean under parachutes after a high-speed re-entry that tested its heat shield.
The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories".
Four astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II mission have broken the record for the farthest human travel from Earth.
Mission's four astronauts break record set in 1970 by Apollo 13, which flew 400,171km from the planet.
As the astronauts pass behind the Moon they will experience a moment of silence and solitude as communication with the Earth is blocked.
Astronauts on the Artemis II mission are on the third day of their journey around the far side of the Moon.