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NASA’s Orion spacecraft with the Artemis II crew splashes down Friday evening off the coast of Southern California after a 10-day, record-distance trip around the moon and back to Earth.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft with the Artemis II crew splashes down Friday evening off the coast of Southern California after a 10-day, record-distance trip around the moon and back to Earth.

Artemis II astronauts splash down off Southern California coast

April 11, 2026

Six days into the Artemis II mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Pomona-born Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen surpassed the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance from Earth.

Six days into the Artemis II mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Pomona-born Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen surpassed the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance from Earth.

Artemis II moon mission crew with pilot from SoCal sets record

April 7, 2026