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Artemis II splashed down off the coast of California on Friday.
They were in space on a 10-day lunar mission.
The Artemis II concluded its historic mission when it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday night, at 8:07 p.m. EDT.
“What a journey,” said Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman following a ten-day lunar flyby mission which swept around the far side of the Moon.
It took about 13 minutes for Orion’s capsule to decelerate from roughly 25,000 mph to 17-19 mph.
The return was considered the most dangerous stage of the mission—much more risky than the scheduled 40
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