Artemis II splashdown sees NASA astronauts return home
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NASA is expected to hold a news conference at 4:30 p.m. EDT. Watch live views of space from Artemis II in our video player above. A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking new photos taken by the U.S.-Canadian crew.
Artemis II mission is set to launch at 6:24 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center. The mission will send a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, marking a historic return to deep space in over 50 years.
The countdown has officially begun at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the agency prepares for the historic Artemis II test flight. NASA is currently targeting a two-hour launch window opening at 6:24 p.
Two NASA astronauts will conduct a long-delayed spacewalk today (March 18), and you can watch the action live. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams will venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) today at around 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), kicking off a spacewalk expected to last about 6.5 hours.