The Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters

The NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts splashed down as planned Friday (April 10, 2026) off the California coast, capping the U.S. space agency’s successful crewed test mission around the Moon, the first such flyby in more than 50 years.Mission commander Reid Wiseman reported that the crewmembers — himself along with Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen — were “stable” and “gree