Trump Hosts Artemis Astronauts: Next Mars Push

0:00President Trump is bringing the four Artemis II astronauts to the White House this Wednesday for a big oval office meet-up. The space pioneers just shattered the Apollo 13 distance record, pushing 252,756 miles from. Earth on their 10-day lunar fly-by, the crew commander Reed Weisman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialists Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, wrapped up with a flawless flash down off. San Diego on April 10th. Their Orion capsule, integrity, handled the descent on full autopilot. Trump lit up true social with praise, calling the whole trip spectacular and the landing perfect. He's proud as president and hyped to host them, eyeing repeats in that next Mars push. Meanwhile, the astronauts clocked over six hours eyeballing the moon's far side stuff only robots saw before and caught a total solar eclipse that straight up stunned them. Now NASA's rolling forward, Artemis III hits next year for docking drills in Earth orbit,

1:01Artemis. Four targets, 2028, with a crew landing near the moon's South Pole. This White House visit caps a milestone mission, fueling the fire for humanity's return to the lunar surface and beyond. That wraps Birmingham News Today, brought to you with AI, I'm Cory with the story.