{"id":47292,"date":"2026-04-11T04:13:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47292"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:13:16","slug":"nasas-artemis-ii-crew-extracted-from-spacecraft-after-return-to-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=47292","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s Artemis II Crew Extracted from Spacecraft After Return to Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The astronauts from NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission were rescued from their capsule when they splashed down on Earth after completing their mission of flying around the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>In a video from Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) that was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/2042778576118857998\">posted<\/a> to X, astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen were seen exiting the capsule one by one onto lifeboats.<\/p>\n<p>NASA was reported to be planning to \u201cextract the astronauts from the Orion spacecraft,\u201d after which they would be flown \u201cvia helicopter to a U.S. Navy ship,\u201d NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/space\/live-blog\/nasa-artemis-ii-splashdown-time-astronauts-live-updates-rcna266591\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After being rescued from the capsule, the astronauts were reported to be \u201conboard the USS John P. Murtha,\u201d according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042778576118857998\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/2042778576118857998\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll four of the Artemis II astronauts have been successfully extracted from the Orion spacecraft following splashdown and are now on the USS John P. Murtha,\u201d NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2042785992047055119\">confirmed<\/a> in a post on X. \u201cNext up, they will be escorted to the medical bay where they will undergo post-mission medical evaluations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2042785992047055119\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2042785992047055119\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News\u2019s Amy Furr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/science\/2026\/04\/10\/bullseye-nasa-artemis-ii-crew-returns-safely-earth\/\">reported<\/a> that the astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and that the \u201cOrion capsule dropped into the water after its parachutes deployed\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The crew\u2019s Orion capsule dropped into the water after its parachutes deployed, and an announcer in the Mission Control room said, \u201cFrom the pages of Jules Vern to a modern-day mission to the moon, a new chapter of the exploration of our celestial neighbor is complete: Integrity\u2019s astronauts back on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116383366460984028\">congratulated<\/a> the astronauts on their mission, stating that the \u201centire trip was spectacular, and the landing was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the Great and Very Talented Crew of Artemis II,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe entire trip was spectacular, the landing was perfect and, as President of the United States, I could not be more proud! I look forward to seeing you all at the White House soon. We\u2019ll be doing it again and then, next step, Mars!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/science\/2026\/04\/10\/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-extracted-capsule-return-earth\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The astronauts from NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission were rescued from their capsule when they splashed down on Earth after completing their mission of flying around the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}