Artemis II Is Coming Home Friday and the Crew Has Seen Things We Haven't
Four astronauts are two days from a Pacific splashdown after the most extraordinary week in space since 1972 — they filmed a solar eclipse from the far side of the Moon.
Kenji Nakamura
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The Artemis II Crew Watched a Solar Eclipse From a Place No Human Has Been in 50 Years
Christina Koch described the far-side solar eclipse as 'the most beautiful thing I have ever seen' — the crew's daily press conferences are releasing footage of Earth, the Moon, and a ring of fire.
Kenya Watched the Ceasefire Announcement With One Eye on the Pump Price
Kenya avoided the fuel emergency that Australia faced, but its fuel prices have risen sharply with the war premium — and the ceasefire offers eventual relief if it holds long enough for supply chains.
The Artemis II Crew Sent an Earthset Image — They Are Heading Home
NASA's Artemis II crew photographed an Earthset from lunar orbit on April 6 and is on the return trajectory — splashdown is scheduled for Friday, capping humanity's first lunar orbit mission since.
Francis Collins Just Won the NAS Public Welfare Medal — Science Is Still Here, If You Look
The National Academy of Sciences awarded its 2026 Public Welfare Medal to former NIH director Francis Collins this week — a quiet recognition of a career in public science that spans five decades.