Artemis II returns: Oakland science center celebrates end of historic moon mission

by Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News April 10, 2026April 10, 2026

The Artemis II Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on Friday, April 10, 2026. A crew of four astronauts returned at 5:07 p.m. to conclude a successful mission that launched April 1 and took humans around the moon's dark side for the first time in history. (NASA via AP)

THE CHABOT SPACE AND SCIENCE CENTER in Oakland hosted an event on Friday to celebrate the Artemis II mission ahead of the touchdown of the project’s astronauts.

The crew of the Artemis II splashdown aboard the Orion capsule came at 5:07 p.m. local time off the coast of San Diego and was to be picked up by the U.S. Navy.

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