Artemis astronauts receive thunderous welcome home at Mission Control

The Artemis astronauts have returned home (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

The Artemis II astronauts have received a thunderous welcome home from hundreds of people involved in Nasa’s lunar comeback that set a record for deep space travel.

The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre and Mission Control in Houston on Saturday, flying in from San Diego where they splashed down just offshore the evening before.