Florida space news: Artemis II astronauts, Mars discoveries and rocket launches
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket booster successfully landed at sea for the second time, while NASA's Curiosity rover discovered a diverse collection of organic molecules on Mars. NASA's Artemis II astronauts returned to Earth after a 10-day mission around the moon.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket booster, named 'Never Tell Me the Odds', landed on a barge at sea for the second time after launching from Cape Canaveral on April 19. NASA's Curiosity rover found 21 carbon-containing molecules in a rock sample drilled on Mars in 2020, with seven detected for the first time on the planet. The Artemis II astronauts, including NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen, returned to Earth on April 10 after a 10-day mission around the moon. A NASA astronaut also photographed the Lyrids meteor shower from the International Space Station. The astronauts are now acclimating to life on Earth after traveling farther from the planet than any humans before them.
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