In an emotional moment broadcast live from the Orion spacecraft, the Artemis II crew chose to name a Moon crater “Carroll

On April 1, 2026, Artemis II launched on a nearly 10-day voyage around the Moon, marking the first crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, splashed down on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. At their farthest point, the crew traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, setting a record for the greatest distance humans have traveled in space and observing

The Orion spacecraft taking four crew members around the moon and back as part of the Artemis II mission has a toilet on board. It's the first time a real toilet has been installed on a mission into deep space. In April 2025, @Natgeo worked with NASA and filmed the astronauts at an Orion space capsule model in Houston. #ArtemisII #moon #NASA

Before reflecting on the successfully completed Artemis II mission, astronaut Jeremy Hansen mentioned that

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The Artemis II crew temporarily lost touch with NASA's Deep Space Network as they travelled around the moon. The blackout lasted roughly 40 minutes, marking the first time in more than 50 years that humans were completely unreachable by anyone on Earth.

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After 10 days in space orbiting the moon, the Artemis II crew have splashed down off the coast of San Diego. Sky's Tom Clarke says his heart was in his mouth as he waited for the crew to first make contact with Earth's atmosphere. #SkyNews #ArtemisII #moon #splashdown