Completing the lunar flyby mission 'Artemis-2', four astronauts from the 'Orion' spacecraft returned to Earth. They landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
The spacecraft 'Orion', which completed a flyby of the Moon as part of NASA's 'Artemis-2' mission, successfully landed in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, on Saturday night, April 11, according to DW.
More than three million people watched the landing broadcast on NASA's YouTube channel. The live stream was also available on other resources of the space agency.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nfhDuOHMp0A?si=y3lDP-Qqj4EVqKLt" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>Humans Have Never Been So Far from Earth
During the lunar mission, a new record for the farthest human presence in space was set - astronauts traveled 407,000 km away from Earth, breaking the record established during the 'Apollo 13' mission in 1970.
The 'Orion' spacecraft, which carried NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, launched from the east coast of the United States on April 1. Five days later, on the evening of April 6, the 'Artemis-2' mission crew completed their lunar observation period and began their return to Earth.
Among other things, mission participants tested new spacesuits capable of providing up to six days of breathing in autonomous mode.
