NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, and Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, talk with team members as they prepare to recover NASA’s Orion spacecraft into the well deck of USS John P. Murtha in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission, which took NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

(31 May 2012) --- First picture from the Pacific showing the SpaceX Drgon following its splashdown. Photo credit: Michael Altenhofen/SpaceX

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, is greeted by Capt. Erik Kenny, commanding officer, USS John P. Murtha (LPD), right, after Isaacman arrived on a U.S. Navy CMV-22 Osprey with Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Valle, Deputy Commander, First Air Force, as NASA and U.S. military teams prepare for the the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission is taking NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen are scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, is greeted by Capt. Erik Kenny, commanding officer, USS John P. Murtha (LPD), right, after Isaacman arrived on a U.S. Navy CMV-22 Osprey with Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Valle, Deputy Commander, First Air Force, as NASA and U.S. military teams prepare for the the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission is taking NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen are scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, is greeting by Navy sailors onboard USS John P. Murtha (LPD), after Isaacman arrived on a U.S. Navy CMV-22 Osprey with Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Valle, Deputy Commander, First Air Force, as NASA and U.S. military teams prepare for the the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission is taking NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen are scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, is greeted by Capt. Erik Kenny, commanding officer, USS John P. Murtha (LPD, after a U.S. Navy CMV-22 Osprey landed on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha with U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Valle, Deputy Commander, First Air Force, as NASA and U.S. military teams prepare for the the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission is taking NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen are scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

A U.S. Navy CMV-22 Osprey lands on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Michael Altenhofen, senior advisor to the NASA Administrator, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Three, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael A. Valle, Deputy Commander, First Air Force, as NASA and U.S. military teams prepare for the the return of the Artemis II crewmembers to Earth, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission is taking NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen are scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)