The astronauts completed the first slingshot around the Moon in more than 50 years and travelled deeper into space than any humans before, culminating in a smooth splashdown off the coast of California on Friday

NASA’s Artemis II crew safely returned to Earth after a 10-day mission around the Moon, marking humanity’s first crewed deep-space journey in over five decades. The mission sets the stage for future lunar landings under NASA’s Artemis programme