Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes ...

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Fifty-six years ago Friday, a Biloxi man helped bring a spacecraft safely back to Earth, and his hometown wants to make sure ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before his death in 2025.

The longtime Lake Forest resident and restaurant operator recorded a message before his death last year for the astronauts, cheering their achievement. During their lunar flyby, the Artemis II crew ...

Astronauts are expected to hit a major milestone in the Artemis II mission with a historic flyby of the moon on Monday ...

When Reid Wiseman ‘97 strapped into the Orion spacecraft in April for humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a ...

The Artemis II crew flew around the moon, breaking the spaceflight distance record held by Apollo 13. Astronauts were scheduled to share their lunar observations with scientists to provide unique ...

At a speed astronauts haven’t experienced since Apollo, Artemis II re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down near San ...

The NASA astronauts are set to return today, splashing down off the coast of California near San Diego. Here's how you can ...

The U.S. Navy doesn’t have a nuclear-powered carrier available, but the USS John P Murtha is well-suited to the recovery ...