Artemis II Splashdown: When To Watch Friday — After 16-Minute Blackout | Flipboard

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What to know about Artemis II Splashdown: When To Watch Friday — After 16-Minute Blackout

The article reports on NASA’s Artemis II mission splashdown, including details about the Orion capsule’s return, related news stories, and viewer reactions to events during the mission. It mentions a call from Canada’s PM Mark Carney to an astronaut and viewer commentary on a call with Trump.

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Artemis II Splashdown: When To Watch Friday — After 16-Minute Blackout After an iconic 10-day mission that took a crew of four astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972, NASA’s Artemis II mission will come to an end on Friday, April 10, when…

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: After an iconic 10-day mission that took a crew of four astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “After an iconic 10-day mission that took a crew of four astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972”

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Wikipedia’s Artemis II page explicitly states the mission is a 10-day lunar flyby and the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 (1972), directly confirming the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that launched on November 16, 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a ten-day lunar flyby mission that launched on April 1, 2026. With a crew of four astronauts, it is the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program and the first crewed flight be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

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Claim 2: “NASA’s Artemis II mission will come to an end on Friday, April 10, when the Orion capsule — named “Integrity” — lands in the Pacific Ocean.”

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Wikipedia entries for Artemis II confirm the mission duration (10 days) and Orion spacecraft details but do not mention the specific splashdown date (April 10) or Pacific Ocean landing. The claim’s specific timing and location are not corroborated by evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( HAYZ; born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and test pilot. He is one of the 24 …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of October 13, 2025, the SpaceX Starship has been launched 11 times, with 6 successes and 5 failures. The American company has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using e…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used by NASA for the Artemis lunar exploration program. It consists of a crew module (CM), a space capsule built b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)

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Claim 3: “Jeremy Hansen received a call from the prime minister as Canada's first astronaut to travel into deep space as part of the Artemis II mission.”

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Wikipedia confirms Jeremy Hansen’s participation in Artemis II and his status as Canada’s first astronaut in deep space but does not mention any call from the Canadian Prime Minister. No evidence supports or contradicts the specific claim about the phone call.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jennifer "Jenni" Anne MacKinnon Sidey-Gibbons (born 3 August 1988) is a Canadian astronaut, engineer, and academic. She was selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as one of the two members of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenni_Gibbons

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeremy Roger Hansen (born January 27, 1976) is a Royal Canadian Air Force colonel and CSA astronaut. As a crew member of the 2026 Artemis II mission, he became the first non‑American to travel beyond …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hansen

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Claim 4: “Artemis II splashdown: Off the coast of southern California”

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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm or refute the specific splashdown location (southern California).

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