NASA’s Orion spacecraft is seen as recovery teams work to secure the spacecraft ahead of transferring Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, unseen, following splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, United States. | Photo Credit: NASA via PTI With Artemis II successfully completing its historic lunar mission on Friday (April 10, 2026), NASA is banking on billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk for the next step: landing astronauts on the Moon. The Apollo programme — which sent the first and only humans to the Moon’s surface between 1969 and 1972 — was designed so that only two astronauts could land on the lunar surface for a maximum of a few days. Published – April 11, 2026 01:04 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Karnataka’s Gruha Jyothi scheme dimmed the scope of PM’s Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana: KRESMA Interview with Anirudhya Mitra, author of The Delhi Directive, a spy thriller