NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth 0

• Artemis 2, Earth's Moon, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Humans in Space, Missions, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, SCIENCE
• April 11, 2026

The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT Friday off the coast