Nearly three weeks after splashing down off the coast of San Diego, the crew of NASA’s historic Artemis II mission will stop by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) mission specialist Jeremy Hansen will appear together on the NBC talker Thursday, April 30. The four-person crew will sit down for an in‑studio interview with Fallon, marking the first time they have brought their landmark space flight to late-night TV since completing their mission.
Artemis II splashed down April 10 shortly after 8 p.m. ET, completing a nearly 10-day journey that took them 252,756 miles from Earth at their farthest distance. Since then, the crew has been undergoing a structured post-flight reconditioning program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, designed to reverse the physical damage that microgravity can inflict.
It won’t the group’s first late-night appearance. They previously guested The Late Show in April 2023 days after the mission was initially announced, and has made for plenty of late-night fodder since blast-off. Stephen Colbert and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson recently jointly marveled at the outer space feat, while NBC’s Saturday Night Live (with host Colman Domingo) envisioned a mission derailed by boredom, pranks, and weightless mucus.
In addition to visiting with the Artemis II crew, The Tonight Show on April 30 will welcome upcoming SNL host Olivia Rodrigo and actor Richard Gadd (HBO’s Half Man), plus a musical performance by Bruce Hornsby.
Correction: An earlier headline for this story incorrectly stated that Artemis II crew would be making their late-night debut with Fallon. They appeared with Colbert in April 2023.
They appeared together on Colbert a few years ago.
Thanks for this. Added a correction.