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After a 10-day, 695,000-mile journey, NASA’s historic Artemis II mission is returning to Earth today — a Netflix representative has once again confirmed that you’ll be able to watch the entire thing live on Netflix, in addition to countless other options.
The four-person crew of the Orion spacecraft—commander Reed Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) mission specialist Jeremy Hansen—are set to land off the coast of San Diego. Friday, April 10, 2026.
This event marks the culmination of a huge mission. Taking off from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, the crew became the first astronauts to travel around the Moon in more than 50 years, traveling deeper into deep space than any humans before them.
As we previously covered when Netflix first announced the addition of NASA livestreams to the platform last year, the streaming giant is moving NASA’s live feeds directly into its interface. It allows subscribers to watch their favorite original series as well as rocket launches, real-time ISS views and deep space missions. As noted, Netflix only streamed once in 2025 and missed the Artemis II launch. When we asked Netflix about Artemis II, they told us they had no current plans, but a few days later, everything changed, and a NASA representative told us the lunar flyby would be streamed.
Earlier this week, Netflix streamed the historic April 6 lunar flyby for 10 hours, generating massive global interest. According to FlixPatrol data, the first live stream successfully broke into the Netflix Top 10 in several international regions:
- Ecuador: #5
- Guatemala: #8
- Canada: #9 (It makes sense that one of the astronauts is Canadian!)
- Paraguay: #9
- Cyprus: #10
- Greece: #10
- Slovakia: #10
art002e015231 (April 6, 2026) – The Artemis II crew captured a blurry view of a crescent-shaped Earth above the moon’s far horizon.
(If you missed the lunar flyby, a replay of the historic moment is currently available to stream on Netflix).
Netflix’s livestream doesn’t offer anything the other streams do (except for the Netflix logo in the lower-left corner). The stream was significantly delayed compared to other streams available online, and many users around the world encountered persistent livestream issues, with some experiencing issues with test cards, buffering, or the dreaded, “Thank you for your patience – wait. We’ll resume soon.”
How and when to watch Splashdown
Today, Friday, April 10, 2026, standard Netflix subscribers can tune in to the live Artemis II splashdown broadcast at 6:30 p.m. Once it lands in the Pacific Ocean, Navy divers will secure the spacecraft, and the astronauts will be airlifted via helicopter to the USS John P. Murtha for immediate medical evaluation. Following these initial checks, the crew will return to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, successfully paving the way for future lunar landings.
As we covered last time, Netflix is in addition to all the other places NASA currently streams, including their website, YouTube, and HBO Max in the United States.
You can see more time zones when the stream starts here:
World map start time of NASA’s Artemis II crew homecoming
Here is a world map with major timezones and countries marked with their equivalent times.
List of countries and time zones to be home to NASA’s Artemis II crew
Will you be watching Artemis II Splashdown on Netflix tonight? Let us know in the comments below!
