'Welcome home, Artemis': Crew celebrates historic 10-day moon mission
After their historic lunar flyby, the crew safely splashed down in the Pacific.
NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off on April 1 at 6:35 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The four-person crew completed a 695,081-mile, 10-day journey around the moon, also known as a lunar fly-by.
A "textbook" splashdown took place at 8:07 p.m. ET on Friday, April 10.
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- Crew members hoisted into helicopters
- All 4 crew members out of the capsule
Artemis II crew recreates 'Full House' opening
The Artemis II crew put its own spin on the "Full House" opening credits, recreating the intro and calling it "Full Capsule."
The video features the opening theme to the TV show, "Everywhere You Look," introducing the crew along with clips of life inside the Orion spacecraft.
Also featured in the clip is "Rise," the plush toy designed by a second grader, who won a contest for his toy to go to space with the crew.
NASA shares more photos of far side of the moon
NASA has shared additional photos of the far side of the moon taken during the Artemis II crew's historic lunar flyby on Monday.
One image shows a close-up view of Vavilov Crater, an impact crater on the rim of the older and larger Hertzsprung impact basin, none of which can be seen from Earth.
Another image shows the Orientale basin in the center with a black patch of ancient lava that punched through the moon's crust in an eruption billions of years ago. It is located on the western border between the near and far side of the moon and is hard to see from Earth.
A third image captures the lunar surface in sharp detail while a distant Earth hovers in the background.
Also captured by the Artemis II crew is the heavily cratered terrain of the eastern edge of the South Pole-Aitken basin, an impact crater on the far side of the moon.
The basin is seen with the shadowed terminator -- the boundary between lunar day and night -- at the top of the image.
Artemis II crew dons eclipse glasses in space
NASA released a photo of the Artemis II crew donning eclipse glasses ahead of the solar eclipse.
The image shows (from far left) Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover protecting their eyes at key moments during the solar eclipse they experienced on Monday.
Artemis II crew captures total solar eclipse in space
NASA has shared a photo of the moon fully eclipsing the sun, taken aboard the Orion spacecraft.
The image shows a mostly darkened moon with the solar corona, which is the Sun's outermost atmosphere, glowing around the moon's edge.
The Artemis II astronauts are the first humans to have witnessed a total solar eclipse in space.
The solar eclipse lasted for about an hour, according to NASA.