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Artemis II's Integrity capsule splashed down in the Pacific near San Diego around 5:07 p.m. PT.
Artemis II returns after a nine-day mission, with a Pacific splashdown near San Diego at about 5:07 PM PT, followed by Navy recovery and medical checks on the USS John P. Murtha; the flight set a record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth.
Artemis II crew captured high-quality deep-space photos of a total solar eclipse, adding to NASA’s Earth/Moon imagery.
Artemis II is poised to set a new Earth-distance record (~252,757 miles), beating Apollo 13’s 248,655-mile mark, with the milestone expected at 1:56 PM ET during a six-hour lunar flyby.
A live Artemis II mission timeline tracker provides NASA-sourced timestamps and current flight-day data with links to the official timeline PDF and a stream.
Artemis II launch countdown updates provide granular fueling, countdown milestones, and safety procedures for NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in decades, including propellant totals and orbital flight plans.
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