Tomorrow they will be suiting up to do a simulated lunar surface EVA at JSC as a further extension of this test.
While definitely a bit extra stressful on them than a standard post flight, this is part of the stuff this mission was designed to be used for!
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So there is actually a somewhat interesting reason/experiment going on here too. Later Artemis missions with a landing on the Moon are going to need a rapid readjustment to gravity, so walking off the helo to gauge their stress level was part of this test.
Artemis II Return NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), splashes down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. PDT, (8:07 p.m. EDT) on Friday, April 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight launched on Wednesday, April 1, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin its 10-day journey around the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. NASA’s Landing and Recovery team and the U.S. military are coordinating efforts to extract the Artemis II crew from the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...
Agreed. NASA PAOs, comms, social media, everybody who has been working this tirelessly on camera and behind the screens, you all are ABSOLUTE ROCKSTARS.
NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast) 78,645,468 views Streamed 9 days ago
With the Artemis II Live Mission Coverage closed, it lasted 230 hours, 38 minutes, 28 seconds.
It had seventy-eight million views.
A screenshot of Youtube with the Artemis II Live Mission Coverage broadcast and its viewcount
NASA's Artemis II continuous coverage concludes with a whopping 78 million views over the 10 day mission
All 4 crew members looked quite steady walking across the deck apart from the slightly wobble from the boat motion.
Pretty much every mode of transport within 24 hours except Submarine and Train
We did it.
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I allow myself to hand it to the Mets once per year.
This is that one
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Please contact your Senators & Reps to reject the WH’s proposed budget cuts to NASA. Think of it as a way of showing appreciation for the joy of the last 10 days.
I also encourage you to also mention how Jared Isaacman, a Billionaire who has invested in as well as flown two missions for Spacex, has been aiming to cancel the Orion and SLS programs for nonexistent commercial lunar spacecraft.
And yet, he still directly moved NASA to cancel all upgrades to make SLS and Orion significantly more capable vehicles for long duration lunar operations.
And his claims of being the one to accelerate the program are a joke lol, A3 stacking was literally always slated to begin ASAP after A2.
Shoutout to the Mets for this
📸 @mets.com
Defending the budget that completely cans Orion and SLS by 2030 alongside terminating upgrades and other vehicle systems is him doing what exactly?
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Orion Integrity under parachutes just before splashdown
Integrity Returns Home
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A screenshot of youtube showing the Artemis The First Flight | Full Original Score
Listening to Beverly’s soundtrack in this wonderful moment ❤️
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Integrity has been powered down.
To the spacecraft that fulfilled the dream I had when I first saw you atop the Ares rockets as a child.
I thank you ❤️
Jared get off the screen. You spent the past 4 weeks talking about how this program sucks and should be canceled.
Artemis II
Back on Earth
Orion Integrity separates from its service module
Godspeed Integrity, and thank you ESM for your service 🫡
Go time.
Artemis II is quickly approaching the atmosphere as it nears the end of its 10 day journey to the Moon and back
Mayhaps ;D
A photo showing New Glenn Booster 3, No, It’s Necessary , at the Blue Origin manufacturing facility.
No, It’s Necessary
The FY 2027 NASA budget request hides its science cuts by omitting mission names instead of explicitly zeroing them out.
We did the work and found 54 missions cancelled in this proposal.
This is another extinction-level event for NASA science.
Full list: planetary.org/save-nasa-science
A screenshot of a Blue Origin Instagram post showing my photo of New Glenn being lifted in the Integration Facility
This is still just so surreal to see my photos like this.
I’ve gotten so much help and advice from people who did this before me, and I cannot thank them enough.
But man… to know that they trusted my work so directly is special.
I have such a wonderfully strange life ❤️
To put it bluntly:
If capsule upside down immediately after splashdown, not that big of a deal.
Great thread here for any media folks ahead of the Artemis II splashdown.
While a Stable 2 splashdown hasn't been seen yet on either of Orion's spaceflight, it remains a reasonable possibility.
As Jason explains, this is a planned for configuration with up righting systems and contingencies.
