The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from the world’s first crewed moon voyage in over half a century, hurtled back towards Earth on Friday as they prepared their Orion spacecraft for the final phase of their descent and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California. On Friday afternoon, the autonomously piloted Orion crew capsule executed one last eight-second firing of its jet thrusters to fine-tune the flight course, a critical manoeuvre to ensure a safe return. Nasa’s...
The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories".
New NASA 'Earthset' photo from Artemis II echoes Apollo 8’s iconic 'Earthrise' in historic lunar flyby.
The Artemis II astronauts snapped a stunning shot of Earthset – the moment when the Earth dips below the moon’s horizon – on their long journey back home on Tuesday after wrapping up a historic lunar fly-by. Nasa released the photo of Earth dropping below the rugged lunar edge in a deliberate nod to the iconic Earthrise image taken by an Apollo 8 astronaut in 1968. That shot 57 years ago helped capture the public’s imagination when it was taken by US astronaut Bill Anders during the first space...
The first two images show an 'Earthrise' and the solar eclipse the astronauts viewed.
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.
The story behind the beautiful pictures beamed back to Earth from the Artemis II astronauts.
The mission's last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of the Earth's orbit for the first time since 1972.