The Orion spacecraft will make its return to Earth at 00:07 GMT, splashing down off the San Diego coast.

American spacecraft have often returned to Earth with a literal splash, but Russia's Soyuz craft touch back down on land. And ...

NASA sends the Artemis II crew on a landmark mission beyond Earth orbit Freepix NASA has released dramatic new ...

Friday is the last day of the historic Artemis II mission to the Moon and back, and it's a jam-packed schedule for the crew aboard the Orion spacecraft as they prepare to reenter Earth's atmosphere ...

Downtown Cleveland buildings will glow blue and orange Friday to mark the Artemis II crew’s splashdown after its historic ...

UPDATE for 9 p.m. ET: NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth to return its Artemis 2 astronauts to Earth. See video and photos of the Artemis 2 splashdown in our wrap story. See ...

Hundreds of people gathered around large screens at Balboa Park’s Air & Space Museum, collectively holding their breath as they watched the Artemis II space capsule splash into the sea Friday. As the ...

See the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft and Earth about 2 hours prior to splashdown in this time-lapse. Credit: NASA | time-lapse ...

Ahead of that, Nasa plans another crewed test mission, Artemis III, in 2027, to rehearse Orion's rendezvous and docking with one or more lunar landers and to try out the new spacesuits if they are ...

UPDATE for 9 p.m. ET: NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully returned to Earth to return its Artemis 2 astronauts to Earth. See video and photos of the Artemis 2 splashdown in our wrap story. NASA's ...

The Artemis II crew is returning to Earth after a historic mission around the moon. The Orion spacecraft is scheduled for a water landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. This mission ...

Artemis II crew splashdown was April 10, 2026, after an April 1 launch from Florida. See the most stunning photos taken during historic NASA mission.