The moments of reverence, camaraderie, and bravery we’ve witnessed since the launch of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission have done wonders for my faith in humanity, but sadly, all good things must come to an end.

The astronauts of Artemis II will end their historic mission with a splashdown near San Diego. Here's the scary stuff that happens before they do.

The Artemis II crew lifted off at 6:35 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 1.

The splashdown will conclude the crew's 685,000 mile flight that began 10 days ago and marked the first manned flight to the moon in 54 years.

The thunderous vibration will likely take place between 5 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Pacific Time, the USGS said.

The glow on the bottom right of the image is “zodiacal light,” a faint glow also referred to as “false dawn,” that appears due to rays of light being scattered by interplanetary dust as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

Find out when Artemis II will return to Earth, and learn how the crew is getting ready to endure an intense splashdown.

Solar wind, in combination with Earth's magnetic field, has been delivering particles from our planet's atmosphere to the moon's surface for billions of year, as illustrated here. - Shubhonkar Paramanick/University of Rochester Particles from Earth’s ...

Reentry is one of the most intense phases of space missions, and the return of the Artemis astronauts will be a test of their spacecraft’s heat shield.