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Unveiling Artemis II Crew Members Heading Home After Historic Lunar Flyby as Splashdown Looms Friday

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Four astronauts are racing back to Earth after completing humanity's first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. As of Wednesday, April 8, 2026, the Artemis II crew members—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen—are aboard the Orion spacecraft

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Four astronauts are racing back to Earth after completing humanity's first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. As of Wednesday, April 8, 2026, the Artemis II crew members—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen—are aboard the Orion spacecraft

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