Artemis II Astronauts to Return Home Today: What to Know

As essentially a man-made meteor, the Orion spacecraft Integrity will reach speeds nearing 24,000 mph as it streaks through the atmosphere.

The Artemis II crew shares a group hug inside the Orion spacecraft on their way home on April 7, 2026. NASA

HOUSTON—Humanity’s first mission around the Moon in more than 50 years is coming home the way of a meteor.

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch—as well as Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency—will reenter Earth’s atmosphere in their Orion spacecraft Integrity at approximately 7:53 p.m. on April 10.