U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed the four astronauts who had just orbited the Moon. At the same time, he took the opportunity to comment on a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
World politicsThe Artemis space mission was not only a successful trip around the Moon; it also brought us a small step closer to the goal of sending humans to Mars. But the journey to the red planet poses significant risks to astronauts in the form of galactic cosmic radiation.
SwedenThe expedition beyond the Moon provided NASA with new research data. For the astronauts themselves, how lonely Earth appears in the darkness of space seems to have left the most lasting impression after the trip. Earth is just a small lifeboat floating peacefully in the universe, said astronaut Christina Koch.
SwedenThe astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission circled the moon on Tuesday night - and also witnessed a total solar eclipse. U.S. President Donald Trump also called to congratulate them.
SwedenThe astronauts on Artemis II have now been farther from Earth than any human before.
SwedenThe astronauts on the Artemis mission are now approaching the far side of the Moon as part of the first lunar expedition in over 50 years.
WorldThe four astronauts of Expedition Artemis II are now officially on their way to the Moon. "Humanity has once again shown what we are capable of," said astronaut Jeremy Hansen aboard the Orion spacecraft.
SwedenFour astronauts have embarked on a perilous journey around the moon - humanity's first trip to the moon in over half a century. "We truly hope this mission will be the beginning of a new era where everyone, every single person on Earth can look at the moon and consider it a destination," says astronaut Christina Koch.
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