Let's run that back. One more time... Or two?
Our crew is now safely back on Earth. Relive the historic mission, and keep an eye on our website as more images and videos keep rolling in. https://t.co/FoYXKVvve5
53 years.
One ending… and one beginning. 🌊🚀
In 1972, Apollo 17 touched down in the Pacific — marking the final chapter of humanity’s first journey to the Moon.
For decades, the silence that followed left one question hanging:
Will we ever go back?
Now, more than half a century later, Artemis II is writing the next chapter.
Not as an ending…
but as the start of something bigger.
This time, it’s not just about reaching the Moon.
It’s about staying, exploring deeper, and preparing for what comes next.
Same ocean.
Same splashdown.
Different era.
History didn’t repeat itself —
it evolved. 🌑✨
:HISTORY REWRITTEN.
THE DEEP SPACE ABYSS HAS BEEN CONQUERED.
Artemis II is home.After riding the silence of the lunar far side and surviving a blazing 24,000 mph plunge through the atmosphere, the Orion spacecraft has pierced the sky and delivered its crew safely back to Earth.The massive orange parachutes deployed perfectly, the capsule kissed the ocean, and four extraordinary astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — are now safely aboard the recovery raft.They ventured farther from Earth than any humans in over half a century. They tested the limits of our machines and our courage in the cold darkness beyond the Moon. And they returned victorious.This is more than a successful mission.This is a monumental triumph for the entire human race — proof that we can push into the unknown, endure the void, and come home stronger.Welcome back, Artemis II.
The road to the Moon is now wide open.
NASA
LIVE: They are coming home.
Watch as the Artemis II crew returns to Earth, splashing down at around 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11). https://t.co/n3vZE2rcFv