Artemis II crew begins historic journey back to Earth
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The Artemis II mission is a gender-balanced and Earth-centered mission, but its main claim to fame is taking it just a few hundred miles further than Apollo 13, and getting no closer than 4000 miles to the moon,
The 10-day mission is due to conclude on Friday, when the four astronauts make their reentry and splash down in the Pacific Ocean.