Artemis II commander and Nasa astronaut Reid Wiseman looks out one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows at the moon ahead of the crew’s lunar flyby. “It is just unbelievable.”He challenged “this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived”. Koch recently said she and her Artemis II crewmates do not live on superlatives. Orion was to be out of contact with mission control for 40 minutes when it is behind the moon. On Sunday, a CBS News reporter asked mission pilot Glover if he wished to share any thoughts on Easter.

Source: The Irish Times April 06, 2026 21:37 UTC