NASA crew heads home from historic moon mission

NASA has released the first spectacular images from the lunar surface, as the Artemis II crew flew deeper into space than anyone ever. The astronauts are heading home and expected to splashdown Friday. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports from Houston.

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