Overview
- Following Monday’s multi-hour lunar pass, the four-person crew began the trip home Tuesday.
- Splashdown is targeted for Friday off California at 8:07 p.m. Eastern.
- NASA confirmed a new human distance record of 406,771 kilometers, surpassing Apollo 13 in 1970.
- The agency released striking images, including a rare Earthset and views from a 53-minute solar eclipse seen from Orion.
- Astronauts logged six split-second impact flashes on the Moon, which NASA is checking against orbiter data to guide plans for future surface bases.