Photos: Splashdown! How Artemis II crew made it back home to Earth
Artemis II crew members Mission Specialist Christina Koch (L), Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen (top), Commander Reid Wiseman (R), and Pilot Victor Glover (bottom) hugging inside the Orion spacecraft on April 7
Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon
The beginning of a solar eclipse with the Sun setting on the opposite side of the Moon
This screengrab from a Nasa livestream shows the Orion spacecraft on its way back to the Earth on April 10.
Nasa's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California
People watch a live broadcast of the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth at the San Diego Air and Space Museum during a watch party for the crew's splash down in the Pacific Ocean, in San Diego, California, on April 10
People hug as they watch a live broadcast of the return of the Artemis II crew members to Earth at the San Diego Air and Space Museum during a watch party for the crew's splash down on April 10
A Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 lifting Nasa astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, as teams work to bring the Artemis II crewmembers aboard USS John P. Murtha after they splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the Coast of California on April 10
A Nasa Artemis II crew member being hoisted into a US Navy MH-60 helicopter after successfully splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10.
Nasa astronaut Victor Glover (L), Artemis II pilot, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown on April 10
