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The Artemis II mission ended in a dramatic fashion on April 10, 2026, when NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of San Diego, closing out humanity’s first crewed journey to the moon in over 50 years.
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The Artemis II astronauts will be retrieved from the Orion capsule and delivered to the medical bay aboard the US Navy’s USS John P. Murtha recovery vessel…

HOUSTON (AP) – Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century.
It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four…

April 10, 2026
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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission splashes down
NASA’s Orion capsule and the four astronauts on board have made it back to Earth after 10 days in space and a record-breaking mission around the…

HOUSTON — Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century.
It was a triumphant homecoming for the crew of four whose…

The tropical disease known as sleeping sickness is caused by the African Trypanosoma brucei parasite.
For decades, scientists have been unable to pin down exactly how this parasite successfully evades detection in its hosts – until now.
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After successfully completing their mission to the Moon, the Artemis II crew is about to return to Earth.
The four astronauts set a new record for how far humans have travelled from Earth, reaching a maximum distance of 406,771 kilometres…
