Artemis II Orion Splashdown

Around the Moon and back. Watch the Artemis II astronauts come home. NASA's Artemis II mission is splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at about 8:07 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 10 (0007 UTC April 11). Four astronauts — three from NASA and one from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) — make up the Artemis II crew: • NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander • NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot • NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist • Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist The Artemis II astronauts launched on April 1 for a journey of ten days that took them farther than any humans have traveled from Earth. On their Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, they flew around the Moon, making observations w...

Around the Moon and back. Watch the Artemis II astronauts come home. NASA’s Artemis II mission is splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at about 8:07 p.m. EDT on Friday, […]

Editor’s note: NASA will continuously update this Artemis II briefings and mission events page throughout prelaunch, launch, and mission activities.