Splashdown for the Artemis II crew is expected Friday, April 10, off the California coast near San Diego. Follow along for the latest developments.

On Wednesday, two days after their moon flyby, the crew of the Artemis II mission settled in for a day of preparation to return to Earth.

The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories".

The Artemis II astronauts are approaching the point where they are closer in space to Earth than they are to the moon. Here's a live tracker.

The astronauts of Artemis II will end their historic mission with a splashdown near San Diego. Here's the scary stuff that happens before they do.

The four astronauts are set to touch down on Earth and conclude the 10-day mission after completing moon flyby

If all goes well, the crew will end up bobbing safely in the ocean aboard its Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity, shortly after 8 p.m. ET off the coast of San Diego.

Splashdown for the Artemis II crew is scheduled for Friday evening, and NASA will livestream the historic homecoming.

Dopo il viaggio attorno alla Luna, la capsula Orion si prepara all'ammaraggio: ecco gli orari e i canali della diretta in Italia, per non perdersi l'evento

NASA’s four Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after a historic moon mission, with Orion set for Pacific splashdown shortly after 8 p.m. ET.

Splashdown for the Artemis II crew is expected Friday, April 10, off the California coast near San Diego. Follow along for the latest developments.

The astronauts are set to splash down off the coast of San Diego, California

The Artemis II crew has reached the last part of its mission to circle the moon in a first step to returning humans to its surface -- splashdown day.

Follow the latest updates as astronauts prepare for fiery re-entry in Earth’s atmosphere after 10-day mission to fly around the moon

Their 13-minute fiery plunge through the atmosphere concluded a historic mission that went deeper into space than anyone had flown before.

The astronauts are set to splash down off the coast of San Diego, California

After traveling a greater distance from Earth than any humans before them, the astronauts of Artemis II have safely returned home.

The astronauts will have medical checks and will be reunited with their families.

The crew completed a splashdown off the coast of San Diego

Four astronauts landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Friday, concluding a historic 10-day mission around the moon

Four astronauts splashed down in the Pacific after a nine-day voyage that took them further from Earth than any humans.