Artemis II Astronauts Get Personal About Historic Mission

The Artemis II crew calls themselves a team and plans to hand symbolic batons to the next crew.

The Artemis II mission is the first crewed deep-space flight in more than 50 years.

On the eighth day (Wednesday evening) crew members shared personal disclosures while preparing to return Friday after a 10-day lunar trip.

The Orion Integrity carried the crew 252,756 miles from Earth—the farthest humans have ever traveled.

Reid Wiseman proposed naming a lunar crater 'Carroll' for his late wife, who died of cancer in 2020 at age 46, and spoke emotionally about the moment.