12 Dec 2022

Artemis I splashes down in the pacific

From Morning Report, 7:26 am on 12 December 2022

NASA's historic Artemis I mission to the moon has come to an end.

The Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean this morning. 

The mission is NASA's first uncrewed flight of the rocket it will use to return astronauts to the moon's surface by 2025. 

Otago museum director and astronomer Dr Ian Griffin watched the landing.

He spoke to Corin Dann.