Artemis 2 crew returns to Earth after historic lunar mission splashdown
TL;DR
Artemis 2 crew—Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen—celebrated after a Pacific splashdown that ended a 10-day lunar flyby, marking NASA's first crewed lunar mission since Apollo and signaling progress toward the Artemis program.
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