Nasa astronauts have landed safely back on Earth following their record-breaking lunar flyby which marks a stepping stone towards a future Moon landing and eventual Mars mission.
The Artemis II crew splashed down off the coast of San Diego in California at 1.07am UK time and Nasa said the four crew members - Commander Reid Wiseman , pilot Victor Glover , Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen - were healthy.
Mission Control's Rob Navias described their return as "a perfect bullseye splashdown".
During re-entry, their Orion capsule was expected to hit the atmosphere at around 24,000mph (38,625kph), or about 32 times the speed of sound.
In a critical test for the spacecraft's heat shield, temperatures outside were set to soar to as high as 2,760C (5,000F).
Following a previous test flight, engineers had altered the descent trajectory in order to reduce the risk of the module burning up.
The intensity of the return meant contact with the crew was cut off for several minutes, prior to the deployment of parachutes eventually slowing the capsule's fall to just 17mph (27kph) before hitting the water.
Cheers erupted from the crew's families watching in Mission Control in Houston when the capsule emerged from the communication blackout and at splashdown.
More than an hour after landing in the Pacific Ocean, the four crew members emerged from the capsule ahead of being taken to the nearby naval ship USS John P Murtha by helicopter.
1. In this photo provided by NASA, recovery teams work to secure the Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II crewmembers after splashdown.
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2. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, sits in a Navy MH-60 Seahawk on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after he and fellow crewmates were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown.
Jeremy Hansen | AP
3. In this image from video provided by NASA, the Earth is seen from the Artemis II Orion capsule as it enters the atmosphere for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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4. Astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, is assisted off the flight deck after arriving aboard USS John P. Murtha after he and fellow crewmates were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown.
Reid Wiseman | AP