NASA's Artemis II mission successfully completed a crewed lunar flyby with four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft. The crew reached the Moon's sphere of influence, orbited within 4,067 miles of the lunar surface, and set a record for traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history. The Orion spacecraft is returning to Earth with splashdown scheduled for April 11, 2026.
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Here's how to watch the Artemis II splashdown
NASA's Artemis II successfully flies four astronauts around the Moon at 4,067 miles from the surface, setting a human distance-from-Earth record and proving the mission architecture needed for Artemis III's lunar landing.
Friday, April 10, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline
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