WATCH: Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch reunites with dog after 10 days in space

A heartfelt video shows Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch reuniting with her canine aft returning from a historical 10-day ngo successful space.

The video captures the canine eagerly anticipating Koch’s arrival, barking arsenic she opens the doorway and embraces her pet.

The affectional reunion came conscionable days aft Artemis II splashed down successful the Pacific Ocean disconnected the seashore of San Diego, pursuing the ngo astir the moon.

The unit — 3 Americans and 1 Canadian — became the archetypal humans to question to the satellite since NASA’s Apollo epoch much than a half-century ago.

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

The astronauts received a thunderous invited location Saturday astatine Ellington Field adjacent NASA’s Johnson Space Center and Mission Control aft their splashdown the evening prior.

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)

After reuniting with their spouses and children, ngo specializer Koch, commandant Reid Wiseman, aviator Victor Glover and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen took the signifier wrong the hangar, surrounded by abstraction halfway workers and invited guests.

During Artemis II’s mission, the astronauts traveled deeper into abstraction than the satellite explorers of decades past and captured views of the lunar acold broadside ne'er seen by quality eyes. A full star eclipse added to the spectacle.

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At the mission’s farthest point, the unit reached astir 252,756 miles from Earth earlier looping down the moon, surpassing Apollo 13’s region record.

The ngo besides revealed a caller position of Earth done an "Earthset" image, showing the satellite mounting down the moon’s gray, cratered aboveground — echoing the iconic 1968 "Earthrise" photograph taken during Apollo 8.

The Artemis II unit captured a presumption of Earth mounting down the Moon during a lunar flyby connected April 6, 2026. (NASA/AP)

"Honestly, what struck maine wasn’t needfully conscionable Earth — it was each the blackness astir it. Earth was conscionable this lifeboat hanging undisturbed successful the universe," Koch said. "Planet Earth, you are a crew."

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Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen are the archetypal humans to question to the satellite since Apollo 17 concluded NASA’s archetypal epoch of lunar exploration successful 1972. A full of 24 astronauts journeyed to the satellite during Apollo, including 12 who walked connected its surface.

NASA has emphasized the value of Artemis II’s occurrence arsenic it prepares for aboriginal missions. The bureau is targeting Artemis III, which is expected to impact crewed operations with a lunar lander, followed by Artemis IV — a planned ngo aiming to instrumentality astronauts to the moon’s aboveground adjacent the lunar southbound pole, aboriginal this decade.