Artemis II live for splashdown!

[SheltieLover]

6 min qudio delay expected due to plasma buildup.

https://www.youtube.com/live/X9Miy8ngusQ?si=WyRS92PRaY-86oHK

[wcmagumba]

1. I'm so there, where the heck is Major Tom?

[SheltieLover]

2. Traveling 23,727.273 mph!

[regnaD kciN]

3. This is where I am extremely nervous...

I don’t understand why they decided to use a heat shield with known design flaws, instead of waiting for the modified version.

[SheltieLover]

4. No idea.

Hold8ng them in good thoughts.

[cliffside]

5. Heard they changed the trajectory and coming in faster so less time for the shield to be hit, fingers crossed. nt

[SheltieLover]

6. They're home safe!

[a kennedy]

16. Hoping so......don't really know until we see them, it's been what 10 days??

Why such a small raft there??? Don’t they need a larger boat for them to get on??? I wanna see them.

[awesomerwb1]

7. Woohoo!!!

[Deuxcents]

8. Perfect! 🤩

[ThreeNoSeep]

9. Woohoo!

I saw the first lunar orbit at age 4. At least, I think it was the first one. Dreamed of being an astronaut.

[Danmel]

10. Thanks for the link

[SheltieLover]

13. Yw!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

11. San Diego coast reporting in - no sonic boom heard & cloud bank obstructing view. Nt

[Raine]

12. Perfect!!! nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. This made me smile

Link to tweet

[TBF]

15. Thank you - amazing to watch the re-entry and splash down - nt

[SheltieLover]

18. Yw!

[a kennedy]

17. Just get them outta there!!!!

Seriously?? Are they gonna fit in that boat with all the others on it???

[SheltieLover]

19. They are erecting a floating raft, the "front porch,"

From which they will be airlifted to 2 copters & flown a short distance to a ship.

My kitty would say "get the can opener!" Lol

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. 53 years. One ending... and one beginning. 🌊🚀

Link to tweet

In 1972, Apollo 17 touched down in the Pacific — marking the final chapter of humanity’s first journey to the Moon.

For decades, the silence that followed left one question hanging:
Will we ever go back?

Now, more than half a century later, Artemis II is writing the next chapter.
Not as an ending…
but as the start of something bigger.

This time, it’s not just about reaching the Moon.
It’s about staying, exploring deeper, and preparing for what comes next.

Same ocean.
Same splashdown.
Different era.

History didn’t repeat itself —
it evolved. 🌑✨