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Artemis II: Crew exits spacecraft after successful splashdown

By Mary Kekatos, Julia Jacobo, Leah Sarnoff, Ivan Pereira, and Meredith Deliso, ABC News
The Artemis II crew floats in the Pacific Ocean of the coast of San Diego after splashing down, April 10, 2026. (NASA)
By Mary Kekatos, Julia Jacobo, Leah Sarnoff, Ivan Pereira, and Meredith Deliso, ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off on April 1 at 6:35 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The four-person crew completed a 695,081-mile, 10-day journey around the moon, also known as a lunar fly-by.

A "textbook" splashdown took place at 8:07 p.m. ET on Friday, April 10.

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