ABCNEWS - WATCH: Trump hosts Artemis II crew at White House after historic lunar flyby mission
President Trump welcomed the Artemis II crew to the White House after they completed a record-breaking trip around the moon.
President Trump welcomed the Artemis II crew to the White House after they completed a record-breaking trip around the moon.
As the spacecraft bobs in the Pacific Ocean, recovery personnel from NASA and the U.S. Navy are out at sea, tracking the capsule and other pieces of jettisoned hardware.
The mission is seen as a key step toward resuming crewed lunar landings. Artemis II’s four astronauts are scheduled to land in the waters off Southern California on Friday.
The crew of four astronauts is on the way back to Earth after traveling farther into space than any humans in history.
Trump called the Artemis II astronauts after the historic lunar flyby on Monday and invited them to the Oval Office upon their return to Earth.
Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen told Trump that "it's very different on the far side" after Orion completed its lunar flyby, allowing the astronauts to view the far side of the Moon.
President Trump participated in a phone call with the Artemis II astronauts Monday night after they completed their historic lunar fly-by. The four astronauts broke a previous record set by the Apollo 13 mission for furthest distance traveled from the Earth. They are set to return to the Earth and splash down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening. #artemisii #trump #apollo13 #moon
During the mission's loop around the moon, the crew took geological observations of places of interest on the lunar surface using their own eyes and snapping thousands of photos of the surface.
Transportation correspondent Gio Benitez shares images taken by four astronauts who traveled farther into space than any humans before during the lunar flyby.
The NASA lunar flyby took the four crew members farther from Earth than any humans. They witnessed a solar eclipse and received praise in a call from President Trump.