Artemis II Recovery

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander of the Artemis II mission points to the NASA logo and American flag on the outside of the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Wiseman, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, Friday, April 10 at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)