Artemis II Recovery

Capt. Erik Kenny, commanding officer, USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) speaks to NASA and U.S. military recovery team members onboard USS John P. Murtha as they prepare for the return of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. The quartet splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Capt. Erik Kenny, commanding officer, USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) speaks to NASA and U.S. military recovery team members onboard USS John P. Murtha as they prepare for the return of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. NASA’s Artemis II mission took Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. The quartet splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT). Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Photographer NASA/Joel Kowsky
Location Pacific Ocean