The four astronauts are set to touch down on Earth and conclude the 10-day mission after completing moon flyby
The number of human beings who have travelled to the moon and returned safely to Earth will grow to 28 on Friday night when Nasa’s Orion capsule containing four Artemis II astronauts will glide gently to a Pacific Ocean splashdown beneath three giant parachutes.
The scheduled 5.07pm PT landing (1.07am BST Saturday) off the coast of San Diego will mark the end of a 10-day lunar odyssey that made the three Americans and one Canadian the first people to travel beyond lower Earth orbit since the final mission of the Apollo program in December 1972.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/10/artemis-ii-landing-return-moon-mission
Author : Richard Luscombe
Publish date : 2026-04-10 07:00:00
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