Artemis 2 astronauts begin media tour after historic moon mission
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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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