NASA Artemis II Crew Recovery Post-splashdown in Pacific Ocean
A United States Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 flies overhead as small boats approach NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen after landing as recovery teams as NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, along with U.S. Navy personnel in small boats begin to approach the spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 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 recovery teams are working to bring the crewmembers and Orion spacecraft aboard USS John P. Murtha.
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/
Date: April 10, 2026
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