Artemis II Crew Set to Splash Down in Pacific After Historic Moon Flyby
After completing a historic lunar flyby, the Artemis II crew is preparing for a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, bringing to a close a momentous chapter in humanity’s return to the Moon. The Artemis II mission marked NASA’s first crewed journey around the Moon in over five decades. This bold voyage, building on the success of the Artemis I uncrewed test flight, demonstrated the capabilities of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft, now tested with astronauts aboard. The mission’s primary goal was to pave the way for future human landings on the lunar surface and,









