NASA astronaut Christina Koch sits in an U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of the San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) after returning from space on Apr. 10, 2026.
This picture of Astronaut Christina Koch after the Artemis landing is frankly incredible and beautiful.
Recovery crew opening the hatch and welcoming the Artemis II crew home after a nearly 700,000-mile journey.
Video: Reid Wiseman
Astronauts Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover in a floating group hug inside the Orion spacecraft during the return trip home. The US and Canada flags are visible tacked up in the background.
This is my favorite Artemis II photo.
Image from the Artemis 2 mission of a solar eclipse showing the moon with a halo of light around it, all surrounded by stars.
I can’t stop looking at this picture; I made it my lock screen
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; left, Christina Koch, mission specialist; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, right, pose for a group photo after viewing the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
Artemis II, both crew and capsule, all home and fully aboard.
Look at the women at NASA.
They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points.
And they are doing it all with joy.👇
What I like best about the Artemis II photos is that it was taken by actual humans. An actual person had to frame it and manually adjust settings. It's their own artistic rendition of what they thought looked best at the time, something no probe, rover or unmanned spacecraft can take. it's art
The four humans who have traveled the furthest from Earth. (Via NASA.)
Backup of the Apollo 11 lander at Cradle of Aviation Museum
Common take on Apollo/Artemis is “gee it’s sad it took us 50+ years to get back to the moon”
Having seen (backups of) the original Apollo technology, my take is “we had no business doing that in 1969; we barely had computers, and the lander was made out of tinfoil; pure miracle it worked.”
A view of the moon from deep space, the Earth just barely visible rising over the top of it
A closer-up view of the moon, the Earth barely visible rising over the top of it
Just… wow. images.nasa.gov
Victor Glover and Christina Koch in orange spacesuits sit in the doorway of the rescue helicopter
Commander Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen sit in the doorway of the rescue chopper
Going to get some great images from NASA in the coming days. Here’s a couple of post-splashdown snaps of actual heroes.
Child in a space suit costume cheers with arms outstretched amidst a crowd watching the return of the astronauts to Earth
“Crowds watch the Artemis II Orion capsule splash down off the coast of San Diego at the Air and Space Museum in San Diego, California.”
Photo by Sandy Huffaker
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...
HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts return to Earth, ending a record-breaking trip around the moon with a splashdown in the Pacific.
Distracted boyfriend meme where the boyfriend is NASA staring at the new Artemis earth image, while the 50+ year old earth image stares on in horror
Has anyone done this yet
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