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News & Current Events Apr 11, 2026 at 3:58 AM

‘Just the beginning’: Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby | Artemis II

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‘Just the beginning’: Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby
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‘Just the beginning’: Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby
The four astronauts touched down on Earth off the coast of California, concluding historic 10-day mission

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unfinishedtoast3 2 days ago +32
government literally cut funding to NASA while Artemis was approaching the moon.
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BOPSurfcasting 2 days ago +8
Yep, gotta find money to support Trump's stupid pointless war.
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exoriparian 1 day ago +1
oh so THAT'S why they left on Apr 1
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Tonaia 2 days ago
The executive branch does not set the budget. Congress does.
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solidus610 2 days ago +9
Someone should explain that to congress then.
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Tonaia 2 days ago +4
Considering congress rejected a similar cut last year, I think they are aware.
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BOPSurfcasting 1 day ago +4
Trump's Congress..
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exoriparian 1 day ago +1
Congress is controlled by his cult.
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TriXter69 2 days ago +14
Watched it live, they made history
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WaffleHouseGladiator 2 days ago +8
I had the Orion Livestream on one of my monitors the entire time.  Now Flerfers are spouting off about how it was all a giant hoax that accomplished absolutely nothing.
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Deriniel 1 day ago +1
could you explain why they made history? I'm not against space exploration, but from what little i gathered this mission was just flying around the moon and back,while in the past we actually landed on it. So what's so important about this? (Genuine question,not being sarcastic)
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trout_or_dare 1 day ago +1
It was a higher orbit than Apollo so these astronauts hold the title of 'people who have been farthest from earth'.
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wunphatbois 2 days ago +13
what we can achieve when humanity focuses on the right things.
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Crivos 2 days ago +7
Completely agree. America could be headlining in every aspect of science yet here we are putting all our resources into killing each other.
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exoriparian 1 day ago +1
meanwhile the US just spent about 10x what we'd need to pay for college for the entire country over a month's time while losing a pointless war.
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whyuhavtobemad 2 days ago -5
Wasn't rocket technology developed from missle knowledge 
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LongjumpingBase9094 2 days ago -2
What does this flu by solve?
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SnooLobsters6766 1 day ago +3
I’m old and it’s extremely difficult to get excited about a live splashdown when we used to watch them live in elementary school, on a black and white tv rolled in on a cart (with rabbit ears).
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ozrocket 2 days ago +4
Good news, I actually thought under Trump's watch it would end in disaster. Well done America
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StaticSystemShock 2 days ago +5
Luckily NASA still runs by actual experts and not celebrity idiots like the government...
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GeorgeWardlawsmum 2 days ago +6
Head of NASA was put in by Trump in December...
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Tonaia 2 days ago +4
Issacman is a giant human exploration fanboy, and has been to space before as well. I'm not particularly worried about him messing things up.
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StaticSystemShock 2 days ago +3
I meant the actual people, the astronauts and engineers who make it happen, not administration of NASA.
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BOPSurfcasting 2 days ago +1
Far that was quick, around the moon in 10 days, thought it takes months. What about Mars next?
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ThunderChaser 2 days ago +11
It takes around 3-4 days to reach the moon. It takes around 6-7 months to reach Mars.
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freakdageek 1 day ago +1
Wow, they almost did that thing that they did 60 years ago.
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