00:17I'm Christina Cook, I'm a Mission Specialist.
00:20I'm Jeremy Hanson, I'm a Mission Specialist.
00:24I'm Victor Glover, I'm the Pilot.
00:28I'm Reed Wiseman, I'm the Commander for the Artemis II Mission to the Moon.
01:01When I was young, I had a poster of the Earthrise picture, the famous picture that was taken
01:07on Apollo 8.
01:09And the fact that it was a human behind the lens that made that picture so profound and
01:14changed how we all thought of our own home was so amazing to me.
01:18The Moon is not just a symbol of thinking about our place in the universe.
01:23It's not just a symbol of exploration.
01:26It's actually a beacon for science.
01:28It's a beacon for understanding where we came from.
01:31You know, pushing ourselves to explore is just core to who we are.
01:35It's a part of being a human.
01:36That's our nature.
01:37We go out there and we explore to learn about where we are, why we are, understanding the
01:43big questions about our place in the universe.
01:45The exploration we're doing is the first few steps on the path of getting humans to Mars.
01:50The Artemis campaign emissions have set such an ambitious goal for humanity that it's inspiring
01:56contributions from around the globe.
01:58Not just one nation is inspired and moved by this, but nations from around the globe are
02:03coming together.
02:04When I look at the Artemis 2 crew with Victor, Christina, and Jeremy, they want to go do this
02:11mission.
02:11They are keenly driven.
02:14They are humble to a fault.
02:16It is so cool to be around them.
02:18Artemis 2 is a huge mission.
02:20But I hope we will look back and realize that this was one tiny step in humans on Mars
02:26and a sustained presence on our moon.
02:29The force that takes you to start.
02:32Artemis 2 will be NASA's first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and
02:37Orion spacecraft around the moon.
02:39To verify today's capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for
02:44NASA's long-term human and scientific presence on the lunar surface.
02:48We are ready.
02:49We are going.
02:51To the moon.
02:51For all humanity.
02:53We are Artemis.
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