00:01The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly
00:0910 days in space,
00:10marking a major milestone in humanity's return to deep space exploration.
00:15We are expecting the other crew members momentarily to be extracted.
00:22The Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, parachuted into calm seas off the Southern California coast shortly after 5 p.m. local
00:31time,
00:31concluding a mission that took astronauts farther from Earth than any crewed flight in more than 50 years.
00:38Recovery teams quickly moved in to secure the capsule and retrieve the crew,
00:42Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
00:48The successful return marks a critical validation for the Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft,
00:53demonstrating that Orion can withstand the intense heat and forces of re-entry from a lunar return trajectory.
01:01Covering more than 1 million kilometers, the Artemis II mission is the first crewed test flight under NASA's Artemis program,
01:08which aims to return astronauts to the moon later this decade.
01:12U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated the crew on their successful mission
01:16and said he looked forward to welcoming them to the White House.
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