NASA celebrates the safe return of the Artemis II crew in Houston, Texas, on April 11, 2026, during a welcoming ceremony a day after splashdown from their moon mission.

The four astronauts said they were returning to Earth with "so many more pictures, so many more stories".

The Artemis II astronauts are approaching the point where they are closer in space to Earth than they are to the moon. Here's a live tracker.