April 10, 2026 Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Watch live—NASA’s Artemis II crew returns to Earth On Friday these four astronauts and their Orion spacecraft will splash down in the Pacific Ocean after a 10-day mission around the moon By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron NASA has launched four astronauts on a pioneering…
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Seen during Artemis II’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun. The Moon’s surface appears in sharp detail in the foreground, while Earth sits much farther away, smaller and softly lit in the background. A faint reflection in the spacecraft window…
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April 10, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA’s Artemis II crew returns today—here’s what to know ahead of splashdown After a 10-day mission around the moon, the Artemis II astronauts will have traveled nearly 700,000 miles By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron A view of Earth taken by NASA…
