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How will NASA get the Artemis II crew safely back on Earth? Here's the science behind splashdown

The crew of NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission will splash back down to Earth on April 10, 2026, in their Orion spacecraft.

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Artemis II astronauts splash down after NASA moon flyby

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'It's a special thing to be on Planet Earth': Nasa's Artemis crew welcomed home

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Storer H. Rowley: It’s past time to get back to the task of human space exploration

The astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission flew farther from Earth than anyone in history and laid the first human eyes on much of the moon’s far side.

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Home again! Artemis II crew splashes down safely in the Pacific

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Artemis II crew splashes down, ending historic moon mission

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Live Updates: Artemis II Astronauts Splash Down, Concluding Historic Journey Around the Moon

Victor Glover is the first Black man to travel around the moon, and Christina Koch is the first woman.

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Watch Live: Artemis II Crew Returns to Earth

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Countdown to Artemis splashdown

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The real space science behind 'Project Hail Mary'

The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other scientists say about the basis for the amazing events of the film.

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NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess

Artemis II’s journey around the moon, scheduled to conclude on Friday, has delivered stunning new images of our home world taken from space. Those pictures remind us that Earth has changed immensely since the last time astronauts went near the moon in 1972.

White House budget puts 54 NASA science missions on the chopping block

An analysis by the nonprofit science advocacy group The Planetary Society has identified 54 NASA missions that may be endangered as a result of the White House’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal

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Artemis II relied on European science: what that means for the region’s space ambitions

The Artemis II mission is a success for the European Space Agency, as well as for NASA. Will Europe crew its own lunar missions?

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SpaceX launch recap: Falcon 9 carries NASA resupply mission from Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft to the ISS Saturday morning, April 11.

Highlights From NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Splashdown

The NASA flight is hours away from parachuting into the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, concluding a journey that sent humans around the moon for the first time since 1972.

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NASA’s 1977 computers aboard Voyager are still working in interstellar space

Resurfaced footage released by YouTuber Gary Friedman shows some of the sturdy computing hardware that powered Voyager 1 and 2, a pair of spacecraft first launched in 1977 and tasked with taking a trip through our solar system.

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The best photos from NASA's first moon mission in more than 50 years

NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years, has been a feast for the eyes. See the stunning images from the mission.

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NASA's moon rocket to roll back out for Artemis 2 launch in Florida

Artemis 2 will be the first human lunar mission since the Apollo program ended in 1972. The 10-day mission will test the Orion capsule with astronauts aboard by flying around the moon. NASA is targeting an April 1 launch for the historic mission from the ...

White House Looking to Cut $3.4 Billion From NASA Science

The 2027 budget proposes to end major scientific initiatives in favor of crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.

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Bay Area space fanatics watch Artemis II landing at splashdown party

More than 50 years after Mark Agnew watched the first humans to ever walk on the Moon on his parents’ grainy black-and-white TV, he and his grandchildren gathered at the Chabot Space & Science Center to watch another splashdown.