“Thank you to all of you for allowing us the immense privilege to be on this journey together—it’s quite amazing—and as we go on this journey thinking about the NASA mission to explore the unknown in air and space to innovate for the benefit of humanity and to inspire the world through discovery, and as you’ve gone along on this journey with us, hopefully we’re doing just those things. As we get close to the nearest point of the moon and our farthest point from earth, as we continue to unlock the mysteries of the cosmos, I would like to remind you of one of the most important mysteries there on Earth—and that’s love. Christ said in response to “What was the greatest command?” that it was to “Love God with all that you are.”—and He also said, being a great Teacher, the second one is equal to it, and it’s to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” And so, as we prepare to go out of radio communication, we’re still going to feel your love from earth. And to all of you down there on earth and around earth, we love you from the moon.”
-Victor Glover, Pilot of the Artemis II Mission