India, April 11 -- The Artemis II capsule, carrying four astronauts, travelled through Earth's atmosphere and safely landed in the Pacific Ocean on Friday. The return came after nearly 10 days in space in what was the first human mission near the Moon in more than 50 years.

"A perfect bullseye splashdown for Integrity," said Rob Navias, public affairs officer of mission operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center, as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, touched down.

The crew completed a journey of 694,481 miles (1.1 million kilometres) from launch. This was the final major test of the 10-day Artemis II mission, which carried astronauts around the ...