Space & Physics: BREAKING--Artemis II splashes down

Moon mission capsule returns to Earth                    

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April 10—BREAKING—NASA’s Artemis II mission has reached a triumphant conclusion, with its four astronauts safely returning to Earth. The Orion capsule carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 P.M. EDT on Friday, April 10, bringing an end to this historic 10-day trip around the moon and back. Read more in our article below. As always, send your thoughts and questions to me at lbillings@sciam.com, or find me on X or Bluesky. —Lee Billings, Senior Editor, Physical Sciences *This is a special, breaking news edition of our space & physics newsletter.*

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission splashes down NASA’s Orion capsule and the four astronauts on board have made it back to Earth after 10 days in space and a record-breaking mission around the moon and back

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Watch live—NASA’s Artemis II crew returns to Earth On Friday these four astronauts and their Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission around the moon Jackie Flynn Mogensen

NASA’s Artemis II mission’s return to Earth, hour by hour On Friday, the four astronauts on board the Orion space capsule will begin their final descent to Earth. Here’s the plan, including the final, most nail-biting 13 minutes of the journey Claire Cameron

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