00:02A dramatic return from space on Friday.
00:05The Artemis II crew splashing down in the Pacific and Navy rescuers moving in.
00:10Watch this.
00:11Plenty of handshakes, welcome home, and a few cheers as divers reached the capsule.
00:16They helped the four astronauts out, moved them onto a raft, and hoisted them into a helicopter.
00:22From there, the crew was flown to the USS John Mertha for medical checks.
00:26The mission lasted 10 days around the moon, without a landing, covering roughly 700,000 miles.
00:33Amazing.
00:34And capturing new lunar images.
00:36Now NASA shifts to the next step.
00:39Artemis III, set for next year, will keep astronauts in Earth's orbit
00:43as they practice docking the Orion capsule with a commercial lunar lander.
00:48That's a critical step before any return to the moon.
00:50And after that, Artemis IV, targeting 2028, could put astronauts back on the lunar surface
00:57for the first time since Apollo 17.
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