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Artemis II is scheduled to splash down about 50 miles off the coast of San Diego at roughly 8:07 PM Eastern (5:07 PM Pacific). Orion will begin atmospheric entry near 400,000 feet and take about 13 minutes to descend to...
Thursday marked the Artemis II crew’s final full day in space as they completed preparations to return to Earth. NASA officials say they are confident Orion’s heat shield will protect the astronauts during the...
On Monday, Artemis II carried four astronauts farther from Earth than anyone has traveled in decades. As Orion swung past the moon's far side, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen became the...
NASA has released images taken by the Artemis II crew during their historic lunar flyby as the four-person team begins the journey back to Earth. The astronauts looped the moon’s far side, endured the expected roughly...
On Tuesday the Artemis II crew and astronauts aboard the International Space Station held a live voice link, exchanging views and stories from orbit. Mission Control started the connection with a routine voice check...
NASA released breathtaking images from the Artemis II mission Tuesday, showing views from the moon’s far side and an eclipse visible only from the spacecraft.
Washington — Jared Isaacman outlined the main items he’ll be watching as the Artemis II crew swings around the moon’s far side, calling the mission an essential systems test on the road back to crewed lunar landings.
As Artemis II closed in on lunar space, the four astronauts marked Easter with greetings home and a playful cabin scavenger hunt. Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch ceremonially pinned “astronaut...
On Saturday, the Artemis II crew photographed a new view of the moon's far side during the fourth day of their lunar transit; NASA released the image on Sunday. In the shot the moon appears upside down, with the South...
NASA’s Artemis II astronauts are capturing striking views as Orion nears a planned loop behind the moon’s far side, CBS’s Mark Strassmann reports from the Johnson Space Center. On day five of the test flight, about...
Artemis II has officially arrived in the moon’s neighborhood. At about 12:41 a.m. ET Monday, NASA reported that the Orion capsule crossed into the lunar sphere of influence, the mathematical region where the moon’s...
As Artemis II closed on the moon over Easter weekend, the four-person crew said the view of Earth shrinking behind them and the lunar surface growing ahead was profoundly moving — a sight only a handful of humans have...
