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• Artemis II's moon-traveling astronauts return home to cheers after a record-breaking trip Play Video

  April 12, 2026 1:47 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) — Still marveling over their moon mission, the Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home Saturday from hundreds who took part in NASA's lunar comeback that set a record for deep space travel. The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space... more »

• Artemis II astronauts make long-distance call to the space station as they head home from the moon

  April 7, 2026 5:26 PM

  HOUSTON (AP) — Still aglow from their triumphant lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts put in a call to their friends aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday as they headed home from the moon. It was the first moonship-to-spaceship radio linkup ever. NASA's Apollo crews had no off-the-planet... more »

• Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon as they seek to break Apollo 13's record Play Video

  April 4, 2026 12:02 PM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts were toasted by Canada on Saturday as they prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. The three Americans and one Canadian will reach their... more »

• Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's brilliant blue beauty as they leave it behind Play Video

  April 3, 2026 3:26 PM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon. NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century. The first... more »

• Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station

  August 9, 2025 1:33 PM

  Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing’s Starliner. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast a day after departing the orbiting lab. “Welcome home,” SpaceX... more »

• Stuck astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth Play Video

  March 18, 2025 9:57 AM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into... more »

• NASA's 2 stuck astronauts may return to Earth sooner under new plan Play Video

  February 14, 2025 12:31 PM

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts may end up back on Earth a little sooner than planned. The space agency announced Tuesday that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming astronaut flights in order to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late... more »

• WATCH: A bright streak of light signaled the return of astronauts to Earth

  March 12, 2024 2:51 PM

  If you were out and about early on Tuesday morning, you may have noticed a bright flash of light across the night sky. Several Storm Station sent in their photos of the spectacle. It was not a shooting star. Rather, the fiery streak of light was a spacecraft carrying... more »