The countdown is underway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with a targeted launch time of 6:24 p.m. Wednesday.

A NASA astronaut and South Windsor High School alum talked to students live from the International Space Station.

Our science editor Rebecca Morelle explains the re-entry and splashdown.

NASA chief Jared Isaacman responds to the successful splashdown of the Aremis II crew off the coast of California after a historic mission around the moon.

The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from ⁠the ⁠world's first crewed moon voyage in over half a ⁠century, hurtled back toward Earth on Friday aboard their gumdrop-shaped Orion spacecraft, headed for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off ​Southern California.