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Nasa astronauts have landed safely back on Earth following their record-breaking lunar flyby which marks a stepping stone towards a future Moon landing and eventual Mars mission.The Artemis II crew splashed down off the coast of San Diego in California at 1.07am UK time and Nasa said the four crew members – Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen – were healthy.Mission Control’s Rob Navias described their return as “a perfect bullseye splashdown”.

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00:04And there go the first series of parachutes, and we're on drogues.
00:15Main chute deploy.
00:20We're at 5,000 feet.
00:30Sending post landing command now.
00:33Splashdown confirmed.
00:35Copy splashdown, waiting on VLDR.
00:38Splashdown confirmed at 7.07 p.m. Central Time, 5.07 p.m. Pacific Time.
00:45From the pages of Jules Verne to a modern-day mission to the moon, a new chapter of the
00:50exploration of our celestial neighbor is complete.
00:53Integrity's astronauts, back on Earth.
00:57Reed Wiseman out of the vehicle.
00:59All four crew members now out of integrity.
01:23Oh, there we see Christina there, also smiling, finally peering out, waving at the cameras.
01:29Hello to you too, Christina, yes.
01:33Welcome back.
01:34Welcome, welcome home.
01:37All right.
01:39And now here we are, Christina, making her way, looking thankful, grateful, happy to be home.
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