San Diego, United States. 10th Apr, 2026. NASA astronaut Christina Koch is assisted off the flight deck after arriving aboard USS John P. Murtha with fellow crew-mates NASA Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, landed safely in the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026, near San Diego, California. The Artemis II crew returned after a 10-day journey around the moon and back.Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA/Alamy Live News

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