NASA Artemis II Astronauts Arrive at USS John P. Murtha after Moon Mission

NASA Artemis II Astronauts Arrive at USS John P. Murtha after Moon Mission

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, right, 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

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, right, are seen standing in front of a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, left, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, right, 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

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman left, Artemis II commander, left, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, right, talk with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at their Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, is assisted off the flight deck after arriving aboard USS John P. Murtha

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, 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

NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot 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

NASA’s Artemis II Mission took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. They can be seen on the flight deck of the USS John P. Murtha after the successful splashdown of their Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (5:07 p.m. PDT).

During their mission, the astronauts completed a historic lunar flyby, marking humanity’s return to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

Get more updates on the Artemis II blog: 
https://nasa.gov/blogs/artemis/

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date: April 10, 2026

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