The Artemis II mission successfully concluded as the Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a historic ten-day lunar flyby.Reid Wiseman and his crew of three astronauts returned from a record distance of 252,756 miles while testing advanced heat shield technologies.Recovery teams aboard the
USS John P. Murtha secured the capsule off the coast of
San Diego following the first crewed mission to the moon in 54 years.