{"id":403762,"date":"2026-04-11T21:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=7fba7f8595a56ed9fb49db0e1d19fdbd"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:05:23","slug":"artemis-ii-splashes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=403762","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Splashes Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=300,220 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=768,563 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=1024,750 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=1536,1125 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=2048,1500 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=400,293 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=600,440 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=900,659 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=1200,879 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nhq202604100018.jpg?resize=2000,1465 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA&#8217;s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II crew accomplished many milestones on their nearly 10-day mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record for farthest crewed spaceflight and capturing views of the far side of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Under Artemis, NASA will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>See more photos from the mission. (Link to <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fartemis-ii-multimedia%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cgary.daines%40nasa.gov%7C59ac1fff159a4fd192df08de97b33af2%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639114993205524722%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AkDGv66joKqwqTJAEpvL1Ix32u806N994KiKkCKDV%2FM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis-ii-multimedia\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II crew accomplished many milestones on their nearly 10-day mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record for farthest crewed spaceflight and capturing views of the far side of the Moon. Under Artemis, NASA [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-403762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403805,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403762\/revisions\/403805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}