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April 10, 2026 ~ Fox News correspondent and WJR contributor Jeff Monosso breaks down NASA’s Artemis II splashdown, why it matters, and what tonight’s mission means for the future of space exploration.
NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft is set to return to Earth Friday evening, ending a record-breaking space trip.
The crew is expected to return to Earth at 8:07 p.m., splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. They slung around the rarely seen far side of the moon, breaking the record for the farthest distance humans had traveled from Earth previously set by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
According to NASA’s breakdown of the lunar flyby, they reached a maximum of 252,756 miles away from Earth, while reaching 4,067 miles of the moon’s surface at their closest approach.
