The astronauts of Artemis II will end their historic mission with a splashdown near San Diego. Here's the scary stuff that happens before they do.

As Artemis II astronauts wake up to their final full day in space, they celebrate with music and selfies while racing home from the Moon. With re-entry just hours away, NASA teams prepare for a dramatic return after a groundbreaking nine-day journey around the Moon and back.

Retired NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Jerry Linenger discuss the Artemis II crew preparing for their historic return back to Earth on ‘America Reports.’

The Artemis II crew is returning to Earth. Here's how NASA's partner Amentum recovers the Orion spacecraft, and how astronauts are safely retrieved.

NASA mission managers hold a briefing as the crew prepares for tomorrow night's scheduled splashdown. The Artemis II team is finishing a historic 10-day lunar journey, marking the first time humans have seen the Moon up close since 1972.

The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from ⁠the ⁠world's first crewed moon voyage in over half a ⁠century, hurtled back toward Earth on Friday aboard their gumdrop-shaped Orion spacecraft, headed for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off ​Southern California.

The Artemis II astronauts are nearing Earth after a historic journey, preparing for splashdown off the California coast. Track the mission live.

The historic Artemis II mission comes to an end Friday with a splashdown off the California coast, but before that, their capsule will plunge through the atmosphere at temperatures half as hot as the surface of the sun.