Artemis II astronauts splash down off California’s coast after a historic journey around the moon. The crew traveled farther from Earth than anyone in human history, breaking the record previously set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module made a successful return to Earth, marking a historic milestone in the country's space program with the first-ever samples collected from the moon’s far side, advancing China's position in the global space race.
Central Europe bore the brunt of an intensifying heatwave on as Switzerland, Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic recorded unprecedented temperatures
