NASA’s Artemis II Splashdown to Be Covered Live on TV, Streaming

After a 10-day mission, the Artemis II mission’s Orion spacecraft is returning to Earth — and multiple TV networks and streaming platforms are carrying the event live on Friday.

According to NASA, the Artemis II mission is scheduled to splash down off the coast of San Diego at approximately 8:07 p.m. EDT (5:07 p.m. PDT) on Friday. Following splashdown, recovery teams will retrieve the crew using helicopters and deliver them to the USS John P. Murtha.

All told, the spacecraft’s four-person crew is expected to have traveled a total of 695,081 miles from launch to splashdown. The spacecraft passed within 4,070 miles of the Moon’s surface during its closest approach.

Here’s where you can watch the return of the Artemis II spacecraft and the astronauts to Earth:

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