{"id":108309,"date":"2026-04-11T10:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/nasa-artemis-ii-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-in-perfect-landing-for-moon-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T10:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:37:44","slug":"nasa-artemis-ii-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-in-perfect-landing-for-moon-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/nasa-artemis-ii-splashes-down-in-pacific-ocean-in-perfect-landing-for-moon-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Artemis II splashes down in Pacific Ocean in &#8216;perfect&#8217; landing for Moon mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 10 days, the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft have returned to Earth, their mission around the Moon a success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Integrity, the name of the crew\u2019s spacecraft as part of NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. Pacific Time, according to NASA. The four crew members aboard \u2014 three Americans and one Canadian \u2014 were all in \u201cgreen\u201d (or safe and healthy) condition after the Orion craft\u2019s \u201cperfect\u201d landing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"NASA\u2019s Artemis II Crew Comes Home (Official Broadcast)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nfhDuOHMp0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crew was composed of Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. From liftoff to splashdown, the quartet was in space for just over nine days (with NASA rounding up and calling it a 10-day mission).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artemis II was NASA\u2019s first mission to the Moon\u2019s orbit in more than 50 years. The crew traveled farther from Earth than humans ever have before \u2014 reaching an estimated 252,760 miles from our planet. During their journey, the crew orbited the Moon, taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/lunar-flyby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">photos<\/a> from their flyby of never-before-seen parts of the surface, and even witnessing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-experience-total-solar-eclipse-from-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">total solar eclipse<\/a>. They identified new craters, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/artemis-crew-propose-name-moon-crater-astronauts-late-wife-emotional-m-rcna267093\">naming one<\/a> after Wiseman\u2019s wife Carroll, who died of cancer in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese were the ambassadors to the stars that we sent out there,\u201d Jared Isaacman, NASA\u2019s administrator, said after the landing. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine a better crew. It was a perfect mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaacman, a commercial astronaut who has been on two private orbital missions, also took to X to celebrate the mission and signaled there would be more to come, noting that America is back in the business. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerica is back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon and bringing them home safely,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASAAdmin\/status\/2042757836061430206?s=20\">he wrote on X<\/a>, later giving credit to the entire NASA workforce. \u201cThis was a test mission, the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion, pushing farther into the unforgiving environment of space than ever before, and it carried real risk. They accepted that risk for all we stood to learn and for the exciting missions that follow, as we return to the lunar surface, build a Moon base, and prepare for what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/10\/nasa-artemis-ii-landing-pacific-ocean-splash-down\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 10 days, the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft have returned to Earth, their mission around the Moon a success. 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