Jared Isaacman said the Artemis II mission showed that Orion’s ECLSS held up well.
NASA’s Artemis II mission concluded with a splashdown on April 10, 2026.
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense confirmed that its critical separation and initiation hardware performed successfully during NASA’s Artemis II mission on April 13, 2026.
Oklahoma-based firms provided mission-critical navigation components and advanced composite structures for the Artemis II mission.
The Shenzhou-21 crew is wrapping up human health experiments in orbit before the return of NASA’s Artemis II mission within the next four weeks.
The Artemis II mission evaluated the spacecraft, spacesuits, and emergency procedures under real conditions.
Orion ignited its main engine on the second day of the Artemis II mission and began its trip to the Moon.
The Artemis II mission included the Avatar biomedical experiment on human tissue response to microgravity and radiation.
The Artemis II mission broke the distance record previously set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
The Artemis II mission identified a helium pressurization leak in the European Service Module as a primary technical issue for investigation ahead of Artemis III.
Orion, the capsule in NASA's Artemis II mission, splashed down on Saturday, April 11, at 2:07 p.m. Spanish peninsular time off the coast of San Diego, California.
The Artemis II mission lasted 10 days from April 1 to April 10, 2026.
NASA's Artemis II mission carries astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the Orion spacecraft.
NASA’s Artemis II mission is returning to Earth.
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen are aboard the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis II mission.
2026-04-09 was the second-to-last day of the Artemis II mission.
NASA’s Artemis II mission observed a solar eclipse from lunar orbit on April 6, 2026.
Avatar is carried aboard Orion on the Artemis II mission.
NASA’s Artemis II mission produced a new Earthset image during a crewed flyby around the Moon.
USS John P. Murtha will support NASA's Artemis II mission.