The Artemis II mission has concluded in triumph after the Orion Spacecraft surpassed the furthest distance travelled by humans in deep space, breaking a 56-year-old record.
The mission, which saw four astronauts venture 252,760 miles from Earth, will officially conclude with a splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 pm EDT on 10 April 2026. This landmark flight represented the first time humans had left low Earth orbit since the Apollo era, serving as the definitive proof-of-concept for NASA's return to the lunar surface.
