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Video. Moment Artemis II capsule splashes down in Pacific

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“The three Americans and one Canadian have returned with a dramatic splashdown, as their capsule parachuted into the Pacific to close out a nearly 10-day trip to the moon and back.”
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Wikipedia entries retrieved are unrelated to space missions, splashdowns, or lunar travel. No evidence confirms or denies the claim about a moon mission return.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canadian Americans (French: Américains canadiens) are American citizens (or in some uses residents) whose ancestry is wholly or partly Canadian, American Canadian origin, or citizens of either country…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Americans
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Canadian Pacific Railway (French: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) (reporting marks CP, CPAA, MILW, SOO), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pacific Islander Americans (also colloquially referred to as Islander Americans) are Americans who are of Pacific Islander ancestry (or are descendants of the Indigenous peoples of Oceania). Pacific I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans
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“The crew of four was the first to visit the moon since NASA’s Apollo era more than a half-century ago.”
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Apollo program Wikipedia entry confirms no human lunar missions occurred between Apollo 17 (1972) and Artemis II (2026). The claim aligns with historical records.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Apollo is one of the Olympian deities. His numerous functions include healing, prophecy, music, poetry, and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the tw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon, and the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The mission was crewed by Commander Neil Armstron…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived in 1960 in the Dw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
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“Artemis II set a distance record for space travel during the lunar flyby, surpassing 1970’s Apollo 13.”
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Artemis II Wikipedia entry confirms it was a lunar flyby mission but does not mention distance records or comparisons to Apollo 13. No evidence supports or refutes the specific distance claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II (April 1–10, 2026) was a nine-day lunar flyby mission. With a crew of four astronauts, it was the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program and the first crewed flight beyond low …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program, with a targeted launch in mid-2027. The crew will launch aboard the Space Launch System rocket…
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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), aimed at returning humans to the Moon for the first time since Apollo …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“Ducking behind the moon’s far side, the astronauts captured views never before seen by the human eye as well as a total solar eclipse.”
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