Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶
The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.
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
Our Artemis II astronauts are headed back to Earth after their test flight around the Moon.
Listen to the latest episode of our Curious Universe podcast to learn how we'll bring the crew home: https://t.co/5c0wToicQW
The @NASAArtemis crew captured this view of the Moon eclipsing the Sun yesterday. The three "stars" to the lower right of the Moon are actually planets. The middle one has a slightly red tint.
That's Mars.
This might be the first time in history that a question asked by a dictionary has been answered in zero gravity.
Thank you and Godspeed to @NASA and the @NASAArtemis crew!
While the Artemis II crew are experiencing their own personal solar eclipse, Mission Control will temporarily lose communications with the capsule. This is planned and expected. We anticipate regaining communications in about 30 minutes.
Artemis II has reached its maximum distance from Earth.
On the far side of the Moon, 252,756 miles away, Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history and now begin their journey home. Before they left, they said they hoped this mission would be forgotten, but it will be remembered as the moment people started to believe that America can once again do the near-impossible and change the world.
Congratulations to this incredible crew and the entire NASA team, our international and commercial partners, but this mission isn’t over until they’re under safe parachutes, splashing down into the Pacific.
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.
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers just completely eviscerated, Donald Trump and ICE over the murder of Renee Good.
"What happened in Minnesota was straight up murder, in my opinion. This lady was probably trying to go home and she didn't make it home. The whole ice thing, it's a travesty… I keep thinking about kids and when I grew up, the president was always the role model. And I think about that and the effect of being a bully, lying — how's that good for our kids?"