Artemis II Mission Capsule Returns to Earth After Lunar Flyby

The Artemis II mission crew, which completed a flyby of the Moon, is returning to Earth with their Orion capsule scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean early Saturday morning around 2 AM Central European Time. The return journey demonstrates complex physics as Earth's gravity pulls the spacecraft back, with the capsule designed to skip off the atmosphere like a stone on water during reentry. NASA is providing live coverage of the mission on its official channel. The Artemis II mission represents a significant milestone in NASA's program to return humans to lunar exploration, serving as a precursor to future Moon landing missions.