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Highlights: Artemis II astronauts splash down safely after NASA moon mission

The four crew members of NASA's Artemis II moon mission are set to return to Earth this evening, with a targeted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 8:07 p.m. ET.

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Splashdown! Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth after historic NASA mission to the moon

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Countdown clock to Artemis II splashdown. When will NASA crew return to Earth?

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

The four astronauts aboard Artemis II splashed down at 8:07 p.m. Eastern time in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on Friday, concluding their historic 10-day mission, the first to send humans around t...

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NASA's Artemis II nearing '13 minutes of terror' as crew plunges through Earth's atmosphere after Moon mission

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Artemis II crew set for fiery re-entry after moon voyage

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Artemis II astronauts hurtle home from moon toward splashdown

Mission marked first crewed flight to moon in half century

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How and When to Watch NASA’s Artemis II Splash Down in Pacific Ocean

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Artemis II astronauts prepare for a high-stakes splashdown to conclude a historic 10-day journey

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

While splashdown can be harrowing – the spacecraft will hurdle through the atmosphere faster than the speed of sound and reach temperatures in the thousands of degrees – NASA has been doing it for decades.

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Artemis II splashdown mapped: The exact area NASA spaceship's return will be visible

The four astronauts will come hurtling towards Earth in the Orion spacecraft before landing off the coast of California. NASA teams on the ground are completing final preparations on Friday for Orion’s re-entry and splashdown.

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NASA to Artemis II: 'Use a T-shirt to block the sunlight' in our $24 billion spaceship

Why are the astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft being forced to use spare T-shirts as window shades? Given its $24 billion price tag and two decades in development, one would think that the Artemis II mission’s Orion spaceship would be flawless.

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Despite toilet trouble, Artemis II crew reflects on wonder of deep space experience

Amid ongoing toilet trouble, the Artemis II astronauts reflected on the wonder of sailing through deep space to the moon.

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NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed

A NASA spaceship is zooming toward the farthest, and quite possibly the oldest, cosmic body ever photographed by humankind, a tiny, distant world called Ultima Thule some four billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) away. The US space agency will ring in ...