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Four astronauts safely splashed down off the California coast late Friday, completing the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years and marking a pivotal milestone for NASA’s Artemis programme. The spacecraft carrying three Americans and one Canadian returned without incident. Mission commander Reid Wiseman reported the crew — himself, Christina Koch, Victor…
Four astronauts are bracing for a violent re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on Friday following a historic mission around the moon. The crew of Artemis II, the first humans to visit the lunar vicinity in over five decades, will conclude their journey with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Victor Glover, the mission pilot, described…
President Donald Trump on Monday congratulated the four Artemis II astronauts circling the Moon, praising them as “modern-day pioneers” who have “made all America really proud, incredibly proud” following their record-breaking journey to the lunar far side . The 12-minute call, which occurred late Monday evening, connected the President with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…
The four-member crew of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission has travelled further from Earth than any human in history, eclipsing a record held for over half a century. On Monday, the Orion spacecraft reached a distance of 406,711 kilometres from our home planet. This achievement surpasses the previous milestone of 400,171 kilometres set by the ill-fated…
Four astronauts are on a 10‑day journey around the Moon after NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully lifted off from Florida on Wednesday, marking the first crewed lunar flyby in more than half a century. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B at approximately 6:35 pm local time (2235 GMT),…
