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Artemis II crew head for home after travelling further from Earth than anyone before!

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Posted by BBC News , edited on 6th April 2026 Sean Seddon, with science editor Rebecca Morelle at Mission Control in Houston, Texas, and science correspondent Pallab Ghosh.​

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• The Artemis II astronauts are bound for Earth after conducting a historic lunar fly-by and witnessing a total solar eclipse from their spacecraft

• Commander Reid Wiseman says the Orion spacecraft crew "saw sights that no human has ever seen", while pilot Victor Glover says there are "no adjectives" to describe what they observed

• The spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth - 252,756 miles (406,771km) - during the lunar fly-by. The crew had already broken the previous record for the furthest distance humans have travelled into space

• The astronauts lost connection with Nasa while behind the Moon - the outage was expected and lasted around 40 minutes

• "It is so great to hear from Earth again," said mission specialist Christina Koch as she broke the silence from the spacecraft

• US President Donald Trump tells the astronauts that they have "made history and made all America really proud" - and invites them to the White House.

 

Source→ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/clyr8k06jv7t

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