As the Artemis II mission crew heads back toward Earth following a history-making trip around the moon this week, NASA dropped the astronauts ' highly anticipated morning playlist.

As millions of people held their breath, the four Artemis II astronauts flawlessly splashed down back to Earth in the Orion capsule, ending their history-making 10-day mission to the moon and back.

All eyes were on the capsule’s life-protecting heat shield that has to withstand thousands of degrees during reentry