The Artemis II astronauts are scheduled to splash down off the San Diego coast, concluding a record-breaking lunar mission after a high-heat atmospheric reentry.

Four astronauts took off on a flight around the moon in what is humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the leadoff in NASA’s push toward a lunar landing in two years.

The first astronauts to visit the moon in more than a half-century are back on Earth. Artemis II’s crew of four have emerged one-by-one from their lunar capsule Friday after a splashdown in the Pacific.

NASA astronauts returned safely to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the cost of California, after the Artemis II mission took the crew farther from Earth than anyone has previously traveled.

Four Artemis II astronauts completed a historic 10-day mission around the moon, splashing down off the coast of San Diego on Friday evening.

The astronauts, who set a distance record, landed in the Pacific Ocean under parachutes a few minutes after 8 p.m. ET.

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After making history on their journey around the moon, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen are coming home.