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Specialized medical divers will make first contact with the astronauts of Artemis II this evening when the spaceship lands in the waters off California.
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Artemis II crew faces weeks of rehab after deep-space return
When Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen climbed out of the Orion capsule on April 10, 2026, after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, they had just completed the farthest human voyage from Earth in more than 50 years.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the Artemis III crew will be announced soon — and that the next mission will return humans to the moon.
On Flight Day 5, the Artemis II crew is troubleshooting a blocked space toilet while closing in on a major milestone 200,000 miles from Earth.
The crew of Artemis II broke a 56-year-old record Monday when they traveled farther in space than any humans have before.
NASA’s Artemis II moon mission crew spoke briefly with the astronauts living and working on the International Space Station on Tuesday afternoon, the first call of its kind in the history of spaceflight.
In October 1989, a blast from the sun flung out a stream of super-powered protons. This solar storm lasted for days and forced astronauts working in low-Earth orbit, aboard NASA’s Atlantis space shuttle, to retreat to a shielded storm shelter in the farthest interior of the craft.
NASA's Artemis II astronauts will spend about 24 hours orbiting the Earth and running checks on their spacecraft and life support systems before heading to the moon.
JIUQUAN, China — A Chinese spaceship carrying a three-person crew has docked with China's new space station at the start of a three-month mission, marking a milestone in the country's ambitious space program. The Shenzhou-12 craft connected with the ...
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Panelists celebrate the successful completion of the Artemis II mission and discuss logistical lessons learned, future moon missions including a lunar base and the inspiration it provides for space exploration.