Mission possible: Artemis II’s record-breaking journey around Moon ends with dramatic splashdown
The triumphant moon-farers – Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen – emerged from their bobbing capsule into the sunlight off the coast of San Diego.
The first-ever ‘Earth-set’ marks another Artemis II milestone that mirrors ‘Earth-rise’ of 1968
A crescent of Earth hangs over the horizon of the moon, as the planet sets. The brown moon foreground is pocked with craters. An Artemis II astronaut captured the crescent Earth setting behind the moon at 6:41pm Eastern Time on April 6, 2026, as the Orion spacecraft flew around the...
