Katherine

[NASA @NASA]

It's our home.

This Earth Day, see our planet as our Artemis II astronauts saw it with these new images from the mission.

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

"Not flat, we checked" -- NASA

[NASA @NASA]

LIVE: Back at home in Houston, our Artemis II astronauts are talking about their mission around the Moon. https://t.co/cPsWP4h0Fv

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

"We launched as friends, and we came back as best friends."

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman takes a moment to thank the world before today's crew news conference at @NASA_Johnson.

[Owen Sparks @OwenSparks]

Lucas, designer of the Artemis II mascot 'Rise', has added Carroll Crater 🥹

[Star Walk @StarWalk]

Voyager 1 is about to make history 🚀✨⁠
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In November 2026, NASA’s legendary probe is expected to become the first spacecraft ever to be one light-day away from Earth — so far that a signal from us would take a full 24 hours to reach it.⁠
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Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is still traveling through interstellar space nearly 50 years later. By around November 15, 2026, it should be about 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion km) from Earth. 🌌⁠
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Humanity really built something in the 1970s… and it’s still going. 🥲⁠
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#Voyager1 #NASA #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #StarWalk

[NASA @NASA]

HOME.

The Artemis II crew has arrived back on Earth, ending a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon. The trip took them farther into space than humans have ever gone before, and now they're safely home with us.

https://t.co/XmDQwNlCPR

[webby 🪐 @_webbysworld]

fist my bump 🤜🤛

[𝔰𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔞 @shura]

our good friends in space waiting to be picked up after splashdown

[NASA @NASA]

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.

[NASA @NASA]

All four of the Artemis II astronauts have been successfully extracted from the Orion spacecraft following splashdown and are now on the USS John P. Murtha. Next up, they will be escorted to the medical bay where they will undergo post-mission medical evaluations.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

In Dire Need Of Toilet, Artemis Lands At Buc-ee’s https://t.co/jLh9do9xdF

[Disney Parks @DisneyParks]

Mission Space 🤝 Artemis II

Slingshotting around the moon

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

ONE SHINING MOMENT 🙌

#MarchMadness

[NASA @NASA]

To commemorate the Artemis II mission, the astronauts announced their suggestion to rename certain features on the Moon to honor the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, as well as commander Reid Wiseman's late wife, Carroll.

[NASA @NASA]

"Welcome to my old neighborhood." Our @NASAArtemis II astronauts woke up on the sixth day of their mission to a special message recorded in 2025 by astronaut Jim Lovell, the pilot of Apollo 8.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Approaching the near side of the Moon.

The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to grow larger and larger in the windows of the Orion spacecraft as the Artemis II mission gears up to observe the far side. The astronauts are predicted to make their closest approach of the Moon around 7:02pm ET (2302 UTC).