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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 traveled 248,655 miles—the farthest distance humans have been from Earth—breaking Apollo 13's record and marking a crater naming ceremony honoring the Orion spacecraft (Integrity) and Reid Wiseman's late wife Carroll.
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.
NASA's Artemis II crew captured high-resolution Earth images from the Orion capsule during a trans-lunar injection, detailing a ~200,000-mile lunar trajectory with a planned far-side pass on April 6 and return on April 10.
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.
NASA’s Artemis II official broadcast page confirms the crew (Wiseman, Glover, Koch, Hansen), a roughly 10-day lunar mission launching from Kennedy Space Center with a live-stream option and calendar details.
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