See Artemis II splashdown after record-breaking trip around the moon

Recovery personnel open the side hatch of the Artemis II crew capsule following splashdown in this screenshot from a livestream video.

NASA Artemis II crew members Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) mission specialist Jeremy Hansen are hoisted into a U.S. Navy MH-60 helicopter from a rescue dinghy after successfully splashing down following their 10-day mission around the Moon, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on April 10, 2026.

NASA Artemis II crew members Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) mission specialist Jeremy Hansen are hoisted into a U.S. Navy MH-60 helicopter from a rescue dinghy after successfully splashing down following their 10-day mission around the Moon, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on April 10, 2026.

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander is assisted off the flight deck after arriving aboard USS John P. Murtha after he and fellow crewmates \wiseman2\ were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA's Artemis II mission took the quartet on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following splashdown, NASA and U.S. military teams are working to bring the crewmembers and Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch walks across the flight deck of the U.S. Navy ship USS John P. Murtha following extraction from the Artemis II mission's Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on April 10, 2026.

NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch embrace Scott Tingle, chief of the NASA Astronaut Office, on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy ship USS John P. Murtha following extraction from their Artemis II mission's Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on April 10, 2026.

NASA's Orion spacecraft is seen as the agency's Landing and Recovery team, along with U.S. Navy personnel work to recover the spacecraft into the well deck of USS John P. Murtha in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, April 11, 2026. NASA's Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the crewmembers and Orion spacecraft aboard USS John P. Murtha.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA's Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship.

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot is assisted off the flight deck after arriving aboard USS John P. Murtha after he and fellow crewmates NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA's Artemis II mission took the quartet on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at , NASA and U.S. military teams are working to bring the crew members and Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship.

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; left, Christina Koch, mission specialist; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, right, pose for a group photo after viewing the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, on April 11, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. The quartet splashed down Friday, April 10 at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07p.m. EDT).

The Artemis II crew capsule under parachutes as it lands during splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, April 10, 2026.

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist is seen sitting in a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after he and fellow crewmates NASA Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA's Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship.

Artemis II NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot, is seen after being flown from USS John P. Murtha to Naval Air Station North Island on Navy MH-60 Seahawks from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT) on April 10. NASA's Artemis II mission took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist is assisted off the flight deck after arriving aboard USS John P. Murtha after she and fellow crewmates NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA's Artemis II mission took the quartet on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at , NASA and U.S. military teams are working to bring the crewmembers and Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship.

Crew members Christina Koch and Victor Glover aboard a recovery ship after being extracted from the Artemis II capsule in the Pacific Ocean, following the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, in this screengrab from a livestream video, April 10, 2026.

Crew members Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover sit on the front porch after being extracted from the Artemis II capsule by recovery personnel in the Pacific Ocean in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the moon, on April 10, 2026.

Artemis II Flight Control Team pictured at consoles within the White Flight Control Room in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center for the splashdown and recovery of the Artemis II crew as it landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:07 p.m.

The Artemis II crew capsule descends towards splashdown under parachutes, as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, April 10, 2026.

A boat approaches the Artemis II crew capsule floating in the Pacific Ocean following splashdown in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.

The Artemis II crew capsule floats in the Pacific Ocean following splashdown in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.

The Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.

NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), splashes down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. PDT, (8:07 p.m. EDT) on Friday, April 10, 2026.

Three main parachutes deploy on the Artemis II crew capsule in this screenshot from a livestream video as it descends toward splashdown following its re‑entry to Earth after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.

Three main parachutes deploy on the Artemis II crew capsule in this screenshot from a livestream video as it descends toward splashdown following its re‑entry to Earth after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.

The first set of parachutes deploys on the Artemis II crew capsule in this screengrab from a livestream video as it descends toward splashdown following its re‑entry to Earth after the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.

The Artemis II crew module separates from its service module in this screengrab from a livestream video as it prepares for re-entry to Earth following the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.

The Artemis II crew gets ready for the Orion spacecraft's Integrity module separation in this screengrab from a livestream video as it prepares for re-entry to Earth following the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026.