Even before splashdown, Artemis II is delivering a scientific treasure trove

HOUSTON — As the Artemis II astronauts make their way inexorably back toward Earth, with splashdown scheduled for April 8, scientists on the ground are already poring over the data taken during a historic flight around the moon.

“Spirits are very high,” Artemis II lunar science lead Kelsey Young said during an April 7 news briefing. There’s a “very excited science community” at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

The four Artemis II astronauts, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, made the first flyby of the moon in more than 50 years on April 6. The crew spent about seven hours taking

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