{"id":47299,"date":"2026-04-11T04:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47299"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:22:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:22:01","slug":"artemis-crew-returns-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47299","title":{"rendered":"Artemis Crew Returns to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The crew of Artemis II landed safely back on Earth Friday evening after their mission to circle the moon.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage showed the moments astronauts Victor Glover,\u00a0Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/artemis-ii-splashdown-return\/\">splashed<\/a> down off the coast of San Diego, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042761676290736224\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2042761676290736224\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The crew\u2019s Orion capsule <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2042731951308579134\">dropped<\/a> into the water after its parachutes deployed, and an announcer in the Mission Control room said, \u201cFrom the pages of Jules Vern to a modern-day mission to the moon, a new chapter of the exploration of our celestial neighbor is complete: Integrity\u2019s astronauts back on Earth\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042731951308579134\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2042731951308579134\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mission Control said their return was \u201ca perfect bullseye splashdown,\u201d and NASA noted the astronauts were doing well after their mission. Fox News White House correspondent Aishah Hasnie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aishahhasnie\/status\/2042758120091394464?s=46\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that President Donald Trump watched the splashdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m told by a WH official, a TV was wheeled into the round table dinner at Trump Winery in VA where POTUS is tonight and he watched the splashdown of Artemis II from there,\u201d she stated:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042758120091394464\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aishahhasnie\/status\/2042758120091394464\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Trump told the astronauts they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/science\/2026\/04\/10\/watch-live-artemis-ii-crew-returns-to-earth-after-moon-mission\/\">making<\/a> history, and America was proud of them, according to Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing like what you\u2019re doing, circling around the moon for the first time in more than half a century and breaking the all-time record for the farthest distance from planet Earth \u2014 humans have never seen anything quite like what you\u2019re doing,\u201d he said and thanked each one of them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042757836061430206\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAAdmin\/status\/2042757836061430206\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Minutes after splashdown, NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2042756933686337713\">welcomed<\/a> the crew home, stating, \u201cWelcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042756933686337713\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2042756933686337713\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/science\/2026\/04\/10\/bullseye-nasa-artemis-ii-crew-returns-safely-earth\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crew of Artemis II landed safely back on Earth Friday evening after their mission to circle the moon. 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