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In Pictures: The best shots from Artemis mission to the dark side of the Moon

The Earth sets behind the Moon during a lunar flyby (Nasa/AP) - (AP)

Splashdown for the astronauts on the Artemis II mission marks the completion of humanity’s first voyage to the Moon in more than half a century.

Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen will hit the atmosphere travelling at Mach 32 — or 32 times the speed of sound — in the self-flying Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity, before landing in the Pacific.

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