Washington, April 11 (IANS) The NASA’s Artemis II mission has successfully concluded, marking a major milestone in humanity’s return to deep space exploration with the four-member crew, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, safely splashed down after completing a historic 10-day journey around the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft.NASA posted on X, “Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC…
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Washington, April 10 (IANS) NASA has announced a major milestone in human spaceflight, on Friday, confirming that its Artemis II mission successfully launched on April 1 and is now nearing the end of its historic journey. In a post on X, the agency stated that the spacecraft flew around the Moon and is on track to return to Earth, with splashdown expected in the Pacific Ocean at approximately 8:07 p.m. ET on April 10.”We can’t wait to welcome them back to our little oasis in space,” the post a…
Washington, April 1 (IANS) NASA is set to launch four astronauts on a landmark mission around the moon on Wednesday evening, marking the first human journey beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years. The Artemis II mission, with a launch window opening at 6:24 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, will send the crew on an approximately 10-day trip around the moon and back.The flight is being billed as the highest-stakes mission for NASA in decades and a critical step toward retu…