Watch: 'Not Really Religious' Artemis II Cmdr. Reid Wiseman Broke Down in Tears After Flight When He Saw the Cross on Navy Chaplain's Collar
By Samuel Short
April 17, 2026 at 9:15am
The successful return of the Artemis II crew saw Cmdr. Reid Wiseman experience a shift in his heart toward Jesus Christ; hopefully this is only the beginning for him.
The crew returned to Earth April 10, landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California.
The nine-day mission was a historic one — this was the farthest a human crew had traveled from the planet.
The weight of the moment was not lost on Wiseman who told reporters he sought a chaplain after returning, despite saying, “I’m not really a religious person. [00:03]
“There was just no other avenue for me to explain anything or to experience anything, so I asked for the chaplain on the Navy ship to just come visit us for a minute,” he said. “And when that man walked in, I’d never met him before in my life, but I saw the cross on his collar and I just broke down in tears.
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