This image from a magazine in the Museum’s collection shows the splashdown of the Apollo 11 mission, one of the most iconic moments in human space exploration history. It shows the first astronauts to land on the moon safely returning to the Pacific Ocean, where they were recovered by the U.S. Navy. This stood as a defining benchmark in human spaceflight for more than half a century. That is, until the Artemis II mission returned safely to Earth on April 10. Both missions concluded with successful Pacific Ocean splashdowns, where their crews were safely recovered. During its 10-day mission this April, the Artemis II crew, made up of Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, travelled 694,481 miles. Their lunar flyby carried them farther than any humans have ever travelled, surpassing the distance record set during the Apollo era.