NASA Artemis II Flight Day 9 Highlights | Johnson Space Center

NASA Artemis II Flight Day 9 Highlights | Johnson Space Center

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen in the final phase of their return to Earth, set for today, Friday, April 10, 2026. Splashdown is targeted for 8:07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (5:07 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time) off the coast of San Diego, where a NASA recovery team will be standing by to welcome the Artemis II crew home.

Watch live return coverage on NASA+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Netflix, HBO Max, Discovery+, Peacock and Roku starting at 6:30 p.m EDT. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media: 

https://www.nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/

Final return burn sets Orion for home

The third return burn will occur at 2:53 p.m. EDT, today, refining Orion’s path for atmospheric entry and splashdown. During the maneuver, the spacecraft will make precise adjustments to stay on its targeted course home.

NASA’s Artemis II Mission has been taking Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. 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. Throughout the flight, the crew and teams on the ground have evaluated Orion’s systems in the deep‑space environment, including a series of tests in which astronauts directly operated and interacted with the spacecraft.

Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in real time:
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/

Check the Artemis blog for updates: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center 
Duration: 21 minutes
Release Date: April 10, 2026

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