The Integrity craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego just after 5:07 p.m. Pacific Time.
NASA’s Artemis II mission has traveled farther from Earth than any mission before. Here’s how to watch the crew’s return landing in the Pacific Ocean.
The Orion capsule, carrying Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, is expected to land back to Earth after a nine-day mission that set a record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from our planet. After making a high-speed re-entry through the atmosphere, […]
As the Artemis II astronauts prepare for the most dramatic and potentially dangerous part of their mission – reentry into Earth’s atmosphere – the eyes of the world will be on the Orion capsule and the people inside it. Getting glimpses into the capsule during the mission, the public has been able to observe the […]
As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts journey back to Earth following their breathtaking close encounter with the moon earlier this week, the space agency has just shared some stunning footage (below) of the rocket launch that sent the crew on its way on Apr…
The Artemis II astronauts have looped around the moon, captured some extraordinary imagery (above), set a slew of records, and are now on their way back to Earth. The 10-day mission will reach its climax on Friday, April 10, during a dramatic homecomin…
A few minutes before 2PM ET on Monday, the crew of Artemis II broke a record set 56 years ago by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission – at over 248,655 miles, they have now traveled farther from Earth than any humans before them. They marked the occasion with a crater naming ceremony that left the […]
Humans haven’t set foot on the Moon since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Now, the space agency is racing to get back to the lunar surface under the umbrella of its Artemis program — a nod to the Greek goddess and twin sister of Apollo, whose name was given to NASA’s first program to […]
On April 15th, 1970, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert set a distance record when Apollo 13 traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. Nearly 56 years later, the crew of Artemis II is expected to break that record by several thousand miles when the Orion spacecraft reaches a maximum distance of 252,757 miles away from […]
The NASA Artemis Watch 2.0 is a quirky new smartwatch with a see-through body, basic fitness tracking, and open-source firmware for people who like their gadgets a little unusual.