Astronauts aboard Artemis II are sending back striking images and new discoveries from a historic journey around the moon, the farthest humans have ever traveled in space. The mission is also

The Artemis II crew, led by Reid Wiseman, was the first to lay eyes on several craters on the far side of the moon. The astronauts want to name one of them after Carroll Wiseman, who died of cancer in 2020.

President Trump praised the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a brief chat late Monday, saying they had "inspired the entire world" after they looped around the moon in a record-breaking voyage.

This momentous day ended on an awkward note when President Donald Trump called to congratulate the crew. The 13-minute conversation, aired as part of NASA’s live mission coverage, felt more torturous than rewarding. What stood out—but was altogether unsurprising—was that Trump sounded like he had only a vague idea of what Artemis 2 is all about.

The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen pose with their eclipse glasses used to protect their eyes for the Orion spacecraft's flyby of the Moon April 6,

The Artemis II astronauts witnessed a solar eclipse from space during their historic flyby over the moon, a sight few have seen in person.