- All four Artemis II astronauts are "feeling great, happy to be home, and ready to be extracted", according to a medical officer who climbed inside the capsule and examined them personally.
- After a 10-day mission, Artemis II and its four astronauts – NASA’s Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen – successfully returned to Earth off the coast of San Diego, California, landing in the Pacific Ocean.
- Orion program director Howard Hu shared his emotional connection to the mission, inspired by his late father and Star Wars at NASA's press conference.
- Hu described the mission as “a thousand times better“ than Star Wars, expressing profound emotion about sending humans further into space than ever before; he encouraged young people to follow their passions and consider joining NASA for future missions.
- NASA official Amit Kshatriya highlighted the Orion spacecraft as the “star of the show” during its return, stating its performance validated the extensive work involved.
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