‘It’s a special thing to be on Planet Earth’: Artemis crew welcomed home in Houston
‘It’s a special thing to be on Planet Earth’: Artemis crew welcomed home in Houston
Return to Earth
NASA’s Artemis II crew, which completed a lunar orbit mission, was celebrated in a Houston event. Commander Reid Wiseman described the journey as ‘the most special thing I’ve ever experienced.’ The astronauts—Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen—were reunited with their families on Saturday. Their nine-day trip surpassed previous records for human distance from Earth.
“The mission was the most special thing I ever went through in my life,” said Commander Reid Wiseman.
Additional News
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Global Updates
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