Summary
Four astronauts from NASA's Artemis II mission returned safely to Earth, landing their capsule in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. This mission took humans farther into space than any previous crewed mission. It was the first crewed flight of NASA’s new space systems.
Key Facts
- The Artemis II mission's splashdown occurred at 8:07 p.m. ET on Friday.
- The Orion capsule carried four astronauts: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen.
- The capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego.
- This mission was the first time humans traveled beyond low-Earth orbit in over 50 years.
- The mission was part of NASA's plan to eventually return humans to the Moon.
- The flight used NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft.
