Artemis Two Crew Chats with ISS: Moon Mission Highlights

0:00The Artemis II crew, fresh off circling the moon, linked up with the International Space Station team on Tuesday for a real space-to-space chat. Mission Commander Reed Weisman couldn't hide his hype, saying they've been waiting forever for this moment. Just a day before, these astronauts smashed the space travel distance record, pulled off the first lunar fly-by in over 50 years, and spent more, then six hours scoping the moon's surface up close. Up on the ISS, Commander Jessica Meir and her crew hit them with questions about seeing Earth from way out there, roughly 1,000 times farther, than the station's orbit. Artemis astronaut Christina Koch, whose spacewalk with Meir before, described the deep blackness making our planet's unity pop, reminding everyone, what keeps us all alive. They swap practical tips too, like eating in zero G and flipping around. Stuff Koch said builds right on ISS lessons. Weisman cracked everyone up, recounting how Jeremy Hansen joked they might slam into

1:00Earth as it filled the window during launch. Now the Artemis II team speeds toward a splash-down late Friday, wrapping this epic loop around the moon on a high note. Local news, powered by AI. This is Calgary News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.