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The Ford station wagon thought to belong to the family was found in the Columbia River in 2024 by a diver who had been looking for it for several years.

After completing their journey, the crew described the fiery descent, reunions with their families and the challenge of fully processing the mission.

For much of Monday, the agency didn't anticipate a tornado threat for Kansas City — then five hit that evening.

The Orion capsule had a known design flaw in its heat shield, making the astronauts' descent Friday especially risky.

Last month was the hottest March ever recorded in the U.S. Now, record-breaking temperatures are expected again from the Plains to the Northeast.

Authorities in Kansas reported several people with minor injuries after storms passed through on Monday.

The Artemis II astronauts concluded their record-breaking 10-day journey on Friday with a smooth splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

"It's a special thing to be a human, and it's a special thing to be on planet Earth," Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman said.

After a fiery trip through Earth's atmosphere that lasted nearly 15 minutes, the crew's Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

The crew landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego shortly after 8 p.m. ET, following a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere.

As four astronauts make their fiery plunge through the atmosphere Friday evening, they'll rely on a heat shield with known design flaw.