Artemis Two Crew: Record-Breaking Moon Mission, Toilet Trouble

0:00The Artemis II crew is wrapping things up after their big loop around the moon, now pointed straight back at Earth for a splash-down Friday around. 806 PM, eastern time in the Pacific off San Diego. NASA says the mission smashed the record for farthest humans from home, hitting 406,771 kilometers, topping Apollo 13's mark from 1970. They're stowing gear like cameras, tablets, and science tools to get ready for reentry, plus they name two moon craters after their capsule. And one for Commander Reed Weisman's late wife, Carol. During the flyby, they snapped an epic Earth-set view, and spent seven hours eyeballing lunar details, even spotting Mars, Venus, Saturn, and meteorite. Flashes up close. Mission control lit up with cheers and no dry eyes when the crater names dropped, and scientists geeked out over the crew's sharp observations. The astronauts got a morale-boosting call from the president, inviting them to the White House, then chatted with the International Space Station team.

1:03About space grub-like, dehydrated sweet and sour chicken, they grabbed over 175 gigabytes of flyby images and data, all heading public in six months. Meanwhile, the capsule's held strong overall, but that toilet glitch lingers with wastewater, not draining, right engineers will tear it apart. Post landing in Florida for fixes. As the crew packs their virtual suitcases, this test run proves NASA's got the goods for deeper moon trips ahead, blending records, science, and real. Human grit into one smooth ride home. That's the story for today. Vancouver News Today, driven by AI. I'm Cory with the story.