Artemis II Recovery

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander of the Artemis II mission gives a shaka hand gesture as he and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, mission specialist; background, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; prepare to depart by helicopter off USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)