Welcome home, #ArtemisII crew! A successful and historic lunar flyby! Canadian CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen returns to Earth alongside NASA Reid Wiseman, NASA Christina Koch and NASA Victor Glover. Send your welcome‑back messages below! 🚀⬇️
ALT NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman (front), Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch (back) suit up and walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Liftoff.
The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.
Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.