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Today, at 17:07  local time  on 10 April  (01:07  BST/02:07 CEST  11 April), NASA’s Orion spacecraft and its crew splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis II mission. ESA’s European Service Module powered this historic mission that took four astronauts around the Moon and back for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts came home today (April 10), wrapping up an epic mission that broke spaceflight records and set the stage for even more ambitious moonshots to come.

Thousands of enthusiasts, professionals and curious skywatchers will gather this weekend for the world’s largest and most spectacular astronomy and space expo.

The Artemis 2 heat shield undergoing inspections at the Kennedy Space Center before installation on the base of the Orion capsule bringing four astronauts back to Earth Friday after a flight around the moon. The heat shield is designed to protect the craft from re-entry temperatures as high as 5,000 degrees. Image: NASA.

When the Artemis 2 Orion crew capsule returns to Earth after flying around the moon, it will hit the discernible atmosphere some 75 miles above the Pacific Ocean at a blistering 24,000 mph, fast enough to fly from New York to London in less than 10 minutes.

A newly released NASA timelapse reveals the moon crossing the sun as seen from deep space, giving the Artemis 2 crew a rare extended view of totality and the solar corona.

A rare long-period comet returns after 170,000 years — here's how to find comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS) before sunrise this April, with key dates, viewing tips and the best mornings to look.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will discover up to 500,000 solar system objects every year. It’s already starting to deliver on that promise.

We chat with "For All Mankind" creators Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolbert about season 5's dramatic arc, scientific accuracy, and real-world parallels.

Artemis 2 is the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but the cameras onboard are surprisingly down-to-earth. Here's how to get your hands on the gear that has brought us so many stunning shots of space.

Earth shines above the lunar horizon in a new Artemis 2 photo.

Week in images: 06-10 April 2026

Gravitational waves may have provided the first tantalizing evidence of tiny primordial black holes born during the Big Bang, which could account for dark matter.

Live coverage of Artemis 2's splashdown begins this evening as four astronauts return from their historic 10-day mission around the moon.

The Artemis 2 astronauts will return to Earth this evening (April 10) with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Here's where they'll hit the water, and why that spot was chosen.

Artemis 2 splashes down on April 10. Here's everything you need to know.

It's splashdown day for NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts. Here's what to expect at every stage.

A thin crescent Moon points the way to super-difficult Mercury and Mars low in the dawn, then the opposite crescent plays with bold Venus and the Pleiades in evening twilight.