Scheduled for 10 Apr 2026
Around the Moon and back. Watch the Artemis II astronauts come home.
NASA’s Artemis II mission is splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at about 8:07 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 10 (0007 UTC April 11).
Four astronauts — three from NASA and one from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) — make up the Artemis II crew:
• NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander
• NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot
• NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist
• Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist
Following a swing around the far side of the Moon on April 6, 2026, the crew exited the lunar sphere of influence (the point at which the Moon’s gravity has a stronger pull on Orion than the Earth’s) on April 7 and are headed back to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 10.
