Artemis II Crew Return

Date:  April 11, 2026
Subject:  Artemis-02 Crew Return Ceremony
Location: Ellington Field
Photo Credit:  NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2026e022281 (April 11, 2026) - Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch is greeted by NASA's Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa Wyche on her return home to Houston, at Ellington Airport on Saturday, April 11, 2026, following a 10-day trip around the Moon and back. Koch and her three fellow crew members launched April 1, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and splashed down off the coast of California on Friday, April 10, 2026.