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Artemis II Crew Returns Home

Artemis II Crew Returns Home

The newly released video captures the joyful reunion between the recovery team and astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch.

After splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, the crew underwent initial medical assessments before being assisted from the capsule.

NASA chief Jared Isaacman described the mission as the 'opening act' for America's return to the lunar surface.

The agency is now investigating how well the spacecraft's heat shield protected the crew during their high-speed re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt
Subsidiary of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, which plans, appoints and pays for rail passenger transport
Artemis II
NASA's first crewed mission aboard the Orion spacecraft using the Space Launch System
Orion
Constellation straddling the celestial equator
Christina Koch
American astronaut
Reid Wiseman
American astronaut