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Victor Glover, one of the four-member crew of the Artemis II Moon mission's Orion capsule, speaks during a press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, US, 16 April 2026. REUTERS

Artemis astronaut describes charring on heat shield during crew's fiery return to Earth

"We came in fast, and we came in hot," Artemis II mission commander Reid Wiseman told reporters in the crew's first ​press conference since returning to Earth.

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission. Photo: Collected

Trump congratulates returned Artemis astronauts, says 'next step, Mars!'

NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover is pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Artemis II astronauts hurtle home from moon toward splashdown

The image was a deliberate nod to the iconic Earthrise image taken during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, a shot that helped capture the public's imagination as humans travelled around the Moon for the first time. Photo: BSS/AFP

'Screams of delight': Artemis crew flying home to thrilled Nasa scientists

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2024. NASA/Handout via REUTERS.

Artemis moon mission breaks record for distance from Earth

Photo: BSS

Artemis astronauts to study the Moon's surface using mainly their eyes

Engineers and technicians monitor the Artemis 2 mission from the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center in Houston. Photo: BSS/AFP

Artemis mission shares office space – and physics – with Apollo

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

After 54 years, astronauts are going back to the moon

NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

'Going for all humanity': Nasa launches 4 astronauts on first crewed moon mission in half a century

Photo: NASA

Nasa begins countdown for first crewed moon mission in 53 years

Photo: Collected

Total eclipse of the moon to occur on Tuesday

Representational image of offering prayer. Photo: Collected

Shab-e-Barat to be observed on 3 Feb

The words 'Russian Moon Mission', Moon and a Russian flag are seen in this illustration, August 21, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Russia plans a nuclear power plant on the moon within a decade