Artemis Two Crew: First Lunar Trip in 50 Years

0:00It's April 17th. From your city to your ears, this is Calgary News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Six days after splashing down from the Artemis II mission, the four astronauts held their first press conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Commander Reed Weisman, a 50-year-old naval aviator, led the crew with pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canada's Jeremy Hansen. They flew around the moon for 10 days, marking the first lunar trip in over 50 years, and the farthest humans have ever gone in spaceflight, covering more than 400,000 kilometers from Earth. The crew came back tighter than ever, launching as friends and landing as best friends bonded for life after sharing every meal, sleep, and flight. Manoeuvre in that cramped Orion spacecraft. Glover made history as the first black astronaut to pilot a lunar mission. Toka, as the first woman to reach the moon's far side, and Hansen, as the first, not American to orbit it, they expressed huge gratitude for the worldwide support that caught them

1:04off guard when they got home, with Weisman saying it fueled their pride right. Alongside the mission success, Hansen highlighted how the public's engagement restored his faith in humanity's goodness and got him pumped for what's next. Since returning last Friday, they've been through medical checks and debriefs, dealing with minor glitches like a smoke detector issue near the end, and a clogged toilet band that stopped full flushes, though Weisman called the system wonderful overall. Looking ahead, Weisman's confident Artemis III can launch as soon as tomorrow with the same setup, targeting 2027 for moon landings, while Artemis IV in 2028 aims for the South Pole, building on this test of Orion's key systems.