00:00Yesterday, four astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis II mission did something no human
00:05being has done in 56 years.
00:07They flew farther from Earth than any person in recorded history.
00:11At 252,756 miles from Earth, NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina
00:20Koch, alongside Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, surpassed the record set by the Apollo
00:2613 crew in April 1970.
00:28They flew behind the far side of the moon, seeing parts of the lunar surface that no
00:34human eye has ever observed directly.
00:36During a 40-minute communications blackout, completely cut off from Earth, they watched
00:42a total solar eclipse from space, with the moon blocking the sun as their Orion spacecraft
00:47hurtled through the darkness.
00:50When communications restored, President Trump called to congratulate them.
00:54Today, you've made history.
00:55Mission Commander Reed Wiseman was reduced to tears when the crew proposed naming a lunar
01:01crater after his late wife Carol, who died of cancer in 2020.
01:06The Artemis crew is now heading home.
01:09Splashdown off the coast of San Diego is scheduled for Friday, April 10.
01:13America's return to the moon is no longer a plan.
01:16It is happening right now.
01:18It is happening right now.
01:18It is happening right now.
01:19Madame, to bless you over time.
01:19James
01:19Jack
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