The four astronauts who flew around the moon and back again on the Artemis II mission made their way back to the Johnson Space Center in Houston on April 11 after safely splashing back down on Earth the evening before.
On Saturday evening, NASA was hosting an event welcoming the crew back to Houston.
Earlier in the day, Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman said in social media posts that he was on a helicopter leaving the USS John P. Murtha, the ship where the crew underwent a medical evaluation after their landing off the Coast of San Diego.
"This planet is impossibly beautiful from every altitude I’ve seen it…surface to 250,000 miles," Wiseman said, sharing a photo of his view from the helicopter on April 11.
After splashing down after 8 p.m. on April 10, the Artemis II crew – Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen – was taken to the Murtha via HSC-23 helicopter. The astronauts underwent medical evaluations before helicopters transported them back to shore.
