The Artemis II astronauts safely splashed down off the coast of San Diego at 5:07 p.m. Friday. After their historic 10-day mission around the moon, the crew and NASA officials are finally breathing a sigh of relief. “I’m still at a loss for words. The childhood Jared right now can’t believe what I just saw,”…
Four days after astronauts flew around the moon for the first time in a half-century, ground crews across Southern California are making final preparations for their high-energy reentry and splashdown off the coast of San Diego, expected around 5 p.m. Pacific time Friday. Southern Californians likely won’t be able to see reentry or splashdown in…
NASA’s Artemis II crew, farther from Earth than any humans before them, are preparing for their event-filled six-hour flyby of the moon after five days traveling through space. At approximately 11 a.m. Pacific time, the crew reached another milestone: At more than 248,655 miles from our pale blue dot, no humans have ever traveled farther…
The Artemis II mission is now in one of the most highly anticipated stages, where the crew is traveling more than half the way towards the Moon. According to media reports, the team onboard the Orion spacecraft has already reached the stage of deep space, which exceeds any similar experience gained in recent times by…