Artemis II splashdown: Omaha resident helped launch mission to the moon

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Four astronauts returned home Friday after ten days in space, the first humans to travel beyond Earth’s orbit since 1972.

The splashdown marked a turning point fifty years in the making.

“Now we’re having this generational moment where our generations are getting to see human spaceflight back to the moon. It’s our first flight back since 1972,” said Jennifer Rae Hein-Wang, former NASA communications director…

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