'Astronauts back on Earth': Artemis II crew splashes down after recordbreaking moon flyby – video
Apr 11, 2026
The Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday night, with all four astronauts in good health. Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch of Nasa, and the Canadi
an Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, have just become the first humans to travel to the moon, and return to Earth safely, since the crew of Apollo 17 in December 1972‘Just the beginning’: Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flybyArtemis II splashdown! – in pictures Continue reading... ...read more read less