Overview
- Christina Koch said in an Instagram post that she carried Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl LIX confetti on the Artemis II trip as a surprise for her husband who made her an Eagles fan.
- The confetti came from the 2025 championship at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, which Koch attended before taking pieces on the lunar flyby.
- Artemis II ended with a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of San Diego after roughly 9 to 10 days in space, marking the first crewed voyage to the Moon and back since Apollo.
- Koch became the first woman to fly around the Moon and is a veteran astronaut who earlier logged a 328‑day mission on the International Space Station and joined the first all‑female spacewalks.
- The crew traveled as far as about 252,756 miles from Earth and captured fresh views of the Moon, drawing congratulations from the Eagles and quarterback Jalen Hurts after their return.