NASA Artemis II Astronaut Recovery Post-splashdown in Pacific Ocean
Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopters from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 can be seen lifting Artemis II astronauts one-by-one to bring the crewmembers aboard USS John P. Murtha on Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
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. 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 the recovery ship 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/
Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Date: April 10, 2026
Date: April 10, 2026
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