‘A perfect mission’: Artemis II astronauts return to Earth

 The NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts splashed down as planned Friday (April 10, 2026) off the California coast, capping the US space agency’s successful crewed test mission around the Moon, the first such flyby in more than 50 years.

Mission commander Reid Wiseman reported that the crewmembers — himself along with Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen — were “stable” and “green.”