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After 10 days, the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth, and their mission around the moon was successful.
“Integrity,” the name of the crew spacecraft as part of NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, fell into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. Pacific time, according to NASA. The four crew members on board – three Americans and one Canadian – were all in a “green” (or safe and healthy) state after Orion’s “perfect” landing.
The crew was composed of Commander Reed Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. From liftoff to landing, the quartet stayed in space for just over nine days (with NASA billing it as a 10-day mission).
Artemis 2 was NASA’s first mission to lunar orbit in more than 50 years. The crew traveled farther from Earth than ever before, reaching an estimated 252,760 miles from our planet. During their journey, the crew orbited the Moon and captured… photo From flying to parts of the surface that had never been seen before, and even seeing A Total solar eclipse. They identified new holes, One label Named after Weisman’s wife, Carol, who died of cancer in 2020.
“These are the star ambassadors that we sent there,” NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said after the landing. “I can’t imagine a better crew. It was a perfect mission.”