Mission sets stage for next mission which is to include a moon landing
By Bob Unruh
Artemis II, the 10-day space mission that sent a crew of three Americans and one Canadian around the back side of the moon, has splashed down in the Pacific.
Commander Reid Weisman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen traveled an historic 252,000 miles from Earth.
After slamming into Earth’s atmosphere at 25,000 mph and being slowed for splashdown by multiple parachutes, the crew was being fetched by the Navy, after which a return to the mainland was set.