New Artemis II video shows moment Navy medical team opened hatch, welcomed astronauts

New video shows the infinitesimal that the Artemis II astronauts were welcomed backmost to Earth arsenic a Navy aesculapian squad opened the hatch to their Orion module aft the unit splashed down safely successful the Pacific pursuing their historical travel astir the moon.

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, aviator Victor Glover, ngo specializer Christina Koch and ngo specializer Jeremy Hansen returned from their 10-day lunar ngo connected Friday, flying farther from Earth than immoderate quality has before.

On Monday, Wiseman shared caller video connected X showing the position of a Navy aesculapian squad opening the module’s hatch successful the waters disconnected the seashore of San Diego.

"Jesse, Steve, Laddy, and Vlad….such an unthinkable feeling to invited you aboard Integrity aft a astir 700,000 mile journey. Forever thankful for your work to our unit and the nation," Wiseman wrote successful the X post.

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The Artemis II Orion capsule splashes down successful the Pacific Ocean connected April 10, 2026. (NASA/AP)

After opening the hatch, the Navy members are heard greeting the returning astronauts. Two Navy members are seen entering the module and exchanging fist bumps with the Artemis II crew.

After being helped retired of the Orion unit module, the 4 astronauts were taken aboard the USS John P. Murtha for medical valuation aft the mission.

The Artemis II unit members Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman look connected signifier astatine the extremity of a unit instrumentality lawsuit astatine Ellington Field successful Houston connected April 11, 2026. (Michael Wyke/AP)

The Orion spacecraft traveled 252,000 miles from Earth successful its journey.

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The spacecraft reentered the Earth’s ambiance Friday astatine astir 25,000 mph, slowing to astir 20 mph utilizing an 11-parachute series earlier landing successful the water astir 60 miles disconnected the seashore astatine 5:07 p.m. section time.

During its reentry, the temperatures extracurricular the spacecraft got arsenic precocious arsenic 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

In this representation provided by NASA, the Artemis II unit captured this presumption arsenic the Earth sets down the Moon during a lunar flyby, Monday, April 6, 2026. (NASA/AP)

In the adjacent high-stakes ngo acceptable to motorboat adjacent year, Artemis III astronauts volition stay successful Earth’s orbit and signifier docking their Orion capsule with a commercialized lunar lander, a captious measurement earlier immoderate instrumentality to the moon.

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The Artemis IV is planned to travel successful 2028, a ngo that could transportation astronauts successful the archetypal planned satellite landing of the program.

Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson contributed to this report.