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Updated · Space.com · May 1
Artemis 2 astronauts begin media tour after historic moon mission
Updated
Updated · Space.com · May 1

Artemis 2 astronauts begin media tour after historic moon mission

12 articles · Updated · Space.com · May 1
  • One month after launching from Kennedy Space Center, the four-person crew met President Donald Trump, rang the New York Stock Exchange bell and appeared on major US television shows.
  • NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, flew a 10-day lunar mission from April 1 to April 10 before postflight testing in Houston.
  • The publicity push follows earlier debriefs, including discussion of Orion toilet problems, and highlights a mission NASA says inspired millions after the first crewed moon flight in more than 50 years.
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