Artemis II wraps up historic crewed lunar loop with a safe splashdown
NASA's Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—completed a nine‑day mission around the Moon aboard the Orion capsule Integrity, then splashed down safely in the Pacific after a high‑speed re‑entry and a six‑minute comms blackout. The astronauts were taken for medical checks aboard the USS John P. Murtha and will head to Houston; President Donald Trump welcomed them home. NASA says the mission validates its updated heat‑shield re‑entry plan and sets the stage for Artemis III (Earth‑orbital rendezvous tests in mid‑2027) and Artemis IV (Moon landing planned for 2028), though targets may shift and the hardest part lies ahead.
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