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NASA’s Artemis II capsule returns to launch site after lunar flight

scienceApr 30, 202614128

NASA's Artemis II capsule returned to Kennedy Space Center in Florida nearly a month after launching four astronauts on a lunar flyby. The mission traveled farther than any crewed spacecraft and put human eyes on the Moon's far side for the first time in more than half a century. NASA published an interactive photo and audio timeline documenting crew moments, lunar flyby shots, and trajectory data from April 1 to 10, 2026. The flight validates long-duration deep-space operations for NASA and clears technical checkpoints ahead of a planned Artemis III lunar landing.

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