Ravens Fan Returns Home After Completing Moon Mission

Apr 11, 2026 at 11:15 AM

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A Ravens fan has completed a journey that is out of this world.

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and his three crew members completed NASA's Artemis II moon mission, landing back on Earth safely Friday evening.

Wiseman, a longtime Ravens fan who grew up in Baltimore, was the commander of the mission, a 10-day voyage around the moon and back to Earth. It marked the first crewed lunar flight since Apollo 17's moon-landing mission in 1972.

BREAKING: Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover Jr., Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman are beginning to exit the Orion capsule after a successful Artemis II splashdown. pic.twitter.com/bPdGm5LGk2
— ABC News (@ABC) April 11, 2026

There are no words. pic.twitter.com/W7JRAN8JeJ
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) April 5, 2026

A 27-year Navy veteran and pilot, Wiseman has been all over the globe. He watched the Ravens' 2000 Super Bowl win on an aircraft carrier in the Middle East and the 2012 Super Bowl in an apartment in Russia as he trained for a mission aboard the International Space Station.

Back in 2014, Wiseman met with the Ravens and offered words of encouragement before their Week 16 game against the Houston Texans.

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