NASA’s historic Artemis II mission which sent astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA’s Jeremy Hansen further into space than any other human in history has safely returned to Earth. The Orion Capsule was recovered off the coast of California after carrying the fab four around the dark side of the moon furthering science and space exploration.
Read more about NASA’s historic Artemis II mission on CNET.com
Artemis II Astronauts Splash Down Safely After Moon Mission
0:00 Intro
0:30 NASA astronauts prepare for reentry
1:20 Navy ships prepare for splashdown
1:45 Orion Capsule Computer Visualization
1:53 Orion Capsule separation
2:30 Window view of reentry and loss of contact
4:05 NASA regains contact with astronauts
4:54 Parachutes deploy and splashdown
10:24 NASA astronuats exit the capsule
11:26 Navy helicopters retrieve astronauts
12:19 Astronuats arrive safely on the flight deck
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#nasa #artemis #moon #orionspacecraft #artemis2 #space #spaceexploration #splashdown
@astephens3600
April 10, 2026 at 11:05 pm
My dad and I just got done watching this live about 20 minutes ago. I’m glad the astronauts of Artemis 2 made it back safely.
@filmfest
April 10, 2026 at 11:08 pm
It is pretty cool
@BAGFACE1651
April 11, 2026 at 12:07 am
This mission was wonderful to witness and I am glad to say I saw it.
@Phenix1111
April 11, 2026 at 12:07 am
This is amazing. Technology know no boundries. Well done
@thealmightyz73
April 11, 2026 at 12:51 am
It is certainly limited in a sense. What you see in Star Trek will never happen.
@jeshkam
April 11, 2026 at 1:06 am
@thealmightyz73Never say never.
@Devinxv4
April 11, 2026 at 12:14 am
Passing through 10,000 feet. Still on drugs 😂
@80skidgaming7
April 11, 2026 at 12:16 am
Why is the heat shield so shiny in the separation video we could see it shiny
@ИгорьСкубневский
April 11, 2026 at 1:08 am
It”s great
@Jokalido
April 11, 2026 at 1:51 am
the really need to work on the recovery from the ocean part, almost 3 hours! the russians landing in the desert do the retrieval like in 15 minutes.
@urbanstrencan
April 11, 2026 at 1:58 am
One step closer to step back on the moon 👏🚀
@StuartBittle
April 11, 2026 at 3:44 am
Just BEAUTIFUL 👏🏼👏🏼❤️
@the1andonlyxx
April 11, 2026 at 4:18 am
Let’s go 🔥 ❤
@gente21
April 11, 2026 at 5:23 am
What’s the reason for the astronauts to be hoisted to the helicopter instead of being carried by boat to the aircraft carrier? 🤔
@thepacific2933
April 11, 2026 at 9:43 am
To cause less strain on the astronauts. 10 days without gravity and high impact is very stressful. If you watch the boat footage, they struggle a bit while walking also.
@lemovision
April 11, 2026 at 12:42 pm
@thepacific2933 Dangling from a helicopter rope looks more stressful than a chill boat ride also I’m confused
@barrymccaulkiner7092
April 11, 2026 at 3:50 pm
I’d think skipping the whole inflatable dinghy procedure would save a ton of time by having the recovery ship perform the extraction, instead. In fact the large ships are already used to hoist the capsule aboard anyway.
So just hoist the capsule up directly onto the ship then perform the crew extraction. Done . No need for the 2 helicopters, the dinghies, the front porch, the inflatable stabilizers, etc…
But I guess all those people need jobs.
Or maybe they’re trying to stick with tradition?
@monolith2001
April 11, 2026 at 7:02 am
I can’t imagine what it was like on their bodies as they took off under high g, immediately went to weightlessness for 9 days and the violence of reentry. Victor looked like he came out the most able to walk on his own.
@iapplethis
April 11, 2026 at 7:56 am
wheres the spaceship?
@Royce16727
April 11, 2026 at 8:07 am
What an amazing achievement! And this is only the beginning.
@user-ri1jx6pg8i
April 11, 2026 at 9:02 am
cool now release the files
@DennyG-xj5ti
April 11, 2026 at 9:41 am
😁 Thanks for the laugh 😂
@TheAdamsAZ
April 11, 2026 at 9:19 am
1970 wants their capsule back
@MzeewaSokoni
April 11, 2026 at 11:32 am
Bravo