The Artemis II expedition has taken the four astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman on the first manned trip past the Moon in more than 50 years.
After nine days, one hour and 32 minutes in space, the crew is now back on Earth. At 02:07 local time in Sweden, the expedition's Orion spacecraft parachuted into the Pacific Ocean off San Diego in the USA.
In connection with the impact, commander Reid Wiseman said over the radio that all astronauts in Orion were "green."
They are in excellent condition; that's what it means, said Rob Navias, who commented on the incident on NASA's live broadcast.
Re-entry into Earth's atmosphere occurred at times at a speed of Mach 33 - 33 times the speed of sound - and the process was described as exemplary by NASA. However, a minor problem arose once the astronauts landed, when a satellite phone did not work as it should.
During the expedition, the crew broke the record for the furthest distance from Earth ever reached by humans (approximately 406,800 kilometers).
