NewsNation’s Nancy Loo reports from San Diego as Artemis II prepares for its return to Earth and Pacific splashdown. U.S. Marine Corps Col. Christopher Winn outlines NASA’s recovery plan for the crew.
As Artemis II blasted off, an Orlando mom captured a simple, yet profound photo seen by millions, of her sons watching the launch from their front yard.
Retired Navy Capt. Reid Wiseman and Navy Capt. Victor Glover — Naval Postgraduate School alumni — are using their years of experience as test pilots, advanced education and astronaut training to guide the Artemis II crew safely back to Earth.
While science can seem colorless and plain, NASA’s lunar crew members have brought expressiveness and emotion about their journey to mission control and the public.
Ahead of a lunar flyby on Monday, the crew celebrated the astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s first spaceflight and got a special message from Charlie Duke, the Apollo 16 moonwalker.