NASA Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Splashdown in Pacific Ocean

NASA Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Splashdown in Pacific Ocean

Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶 The Artemis II astronauts splashed down safely at 8:07pm Eastern Time (ET) (0007 UTC April 11), on April 10, 2026, bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end. The Artemis II Orion spacecraft's main parachute deployed successfully. The spacecraft has a system of 11 chutes that slows it down from around 300 mph to 20 mph for splashdown. 

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

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center

Duration: 32 seconds
Release Date: April 10, 2026

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