Artemis II Astronauts Safely Splash Down After Record-Breaking Lunar Flyby

NASA’s Orion spacecraft carrying Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen splashed down off the coast of California, completing a historic 10-day mission. The crew logged 694,481 miles from Earth and came within 4,067 miles of the Moon’s surface. They performed a lunar flyby, observed a solar eclipse, and captured over 7,000 images of the Moon and Earth from deep space. Onboard experiments tested life-support systems and studied human tissue responses to microgravity and radiation. Their observations of lunar terrain will help plan Artemis III’s 2028 landing at the Moon’s South Pole.

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