Artemis II Returns Safely to Earth After Historic Flight Around the Moon
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe farthest journey in human history concluded Friday evening when NASA’s Artemis II astronauts returned to Earth after a flight around the moon. The crew’s Orion space capsule named Integrity splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego shortly after 5 pm Pacific Time, marking the end of a 10-day, more than 695,000-mile voyage beyond the far side of the moon and back.The four-person crew of Artemis II—commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and mission-specialist Jeremy Hansen—traveled a greater distance from Earth than anyone has before, reaching 252,756 miles from our home planet.“We most importantly choose this moment to challenge this…
