How to watch the Artemis II return to earth live

WASHINGTON — To the moon and back. 

Friday evening will be a live homecoming for the spacecraft Artemis II and its crew of four astronauts. 

It’s what some experts consider the most dangerous part of the mission, as Orion’s four crewmembers prepare to return from the furthest distance any human has ever traveled away from planet Earth. 

NASA projects the Artemis II crew will splash down at around 8:07 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (5:07 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time) on Friday. Upon landing, the crew will find themselves in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of San Diego, after a nine-day journey in space. 

In preparation for the splashdown, nearly a dozen streaming services will have coverage available on their platforms, beginning at 6:30 p.m. EDT / 3:30 p.m. PDT. Around that time, the crew will undergo several steps to ensure a safe splashdown, including crew module separation, entry into Earth’s atmosphere and a parachute cut. 

Streaming services with live coverage of the Artemis II mission’s splashdown: 

• NASA+
• Amazon Prime 
• Apple TV
• Netflix
• HBO Max
• Discovery+
• Peacock 
• Roku   

You can also watch the splashdown on social through NASA’s Facebook, Twitch, X and YouTube accounts. 

NASA social media accounts that will broadcast Artemis II mission’s landing live: 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/NASA

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/nasa

YouTube: www.youtube.com/@NASA

Here are the names of the four astronauts returning to Earth:

• Reid Wilson, 50, commander from Baltimore
• Victor Glover, 49, pilot from Pomona, Calif. 
• Christina Koch, 47, mission specialist from Grand Rapids, Mich.
• Jeremy Hansen, 50, mission specialist from London, Ontario, Canada