NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Reunite With Friends and Family After 10-Day Moon Mission (opens in new tab)

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission made an emotional return to Houston on Saturday, a day after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their 10-day lunar journey. “It’s a special thing to be a human, and it’s a special thing to be on planet Earth,” Reid Wiseman, the mission’s commander, said. Their voyage was the first trip by humans into deep space in more than half a century. At the link in our bio, read more about the crew’s return to Earth.