The spacecraft carrying four astronauts successfully completed its test mission around the Moon off the California coast. This splashdown marks the first crewed flyby by the US space agency in over five decades.

The NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts splashed down as planned Friday off the California coast, capping the US space agency's successful crewed test mission around the Moon — the first such flyby in more than 50 years. Olivier Sanguy, Editor-in-Chief of Space News at the Cité de l'Espace in Toulouse, explains more about the spacecraft’s splashdown and what’s next for future missions.