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
From @TheAthleticFC: No country has worked harder to reach this summer’s World Cup than Iraq, a team that can tell a dozen stories of family displacement. “I don’t think people understand how much we’ve been through as a country and people.”
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Liftoff.
The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.
Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.