WATCH -- 'Perfect Bullseye Splashdown': NASA's Artemis II Crew Returns Safely to Earth

WATCH — ‘Perfect Bullseye Splashdown’: NASA’s Artemis II Crew Returns Safely to Earth


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The crew of Artemis II landed safely back on Earth Friday evening after their mission to circle the moon.

Video footage showed the moments astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down off the coast of San Diego, according to CBS News.

The crew’s Orion capsule dropped into the water after its parachutes deployed, and an announcer in the Mission Control room said, “From the pages of Jules Vern to a modern-day mission to the moon, a new chapter of the exploration of our celestial neighbor is complete: Integrity’s astronauts back on Earth”:

Mission Control said their return was “a perfect bullseye splashdown,” and NASA noted the astronauts were doing well after their mission. Fox News White House correspondent Aishah Hasnie reported that President Donald Trump watched the splashdown.

“I’m told by a WH official, a TV was wheeled into the round table dinner

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