Artemis II splashdown: Watch live as NASA astronauts return to earth after historic moon mission

Artemis II’s long journey to the moon and back is expected to end with a glorious splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening.

The crew is scheduled to hit the water around 8:07 p.m. EDT about 80 miles off the coast of San Diego, concluding a historic 685,000-mile flight that began 10 days ago on the Florida coast and marked the first manned flight to the moon in 54 years.

Schedule:
11:35 a.m. EDT – Crew wakeup
1:50 p.m. EDT – Cabin configuration for entry begins
2:53 p.m. EDT – RTC (Return Trajectory Correction) burn
3:20 p.m. EDT – Crew continues to configure cabin for entry
5:05 p.m. EDT – Crew moves into its entry checklist
7:33 p.m. EDT – Crew module/Service module separation
7:37 p.m. EDT – Crew module raise burn
7:54 p.m. EDT – Entry interface
8:07 p.m. EDT – Splashdown
8:22 p.m. EDT – Integrity powerdown
9:06 p.m. EDT – Extraction of crew
9:35 p.m. EDT – Crew arrives on recovery ship
10:30 p.m. EDT – Post-splashdown news conference
TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE