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NASA's Artemis II Crew Celebrates Historic Lunar Mission

4/14/2026

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NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1, 2026, with a crew including Commander Reid Wiseman and astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen.
The mission featured a plushie named Rise, designed by 8-year-old Lucas Ye, which served as the zero-gravity indicator and became a social media sensation.
The crew completed a historic lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, and after splashdown on April 10, Wiseman retrieved Rise.
The crew proposed naming a moon crater after Wiseman's late wife, Carroll, and celebrated the mission's success at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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NASA's Artemis II mission launched on April 1, 2026, with a crew including Commander Reid Wiseman and astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen.
The mission featured a plushie named Rise, designed by 8-year-old Lucas Ye, which served as the zero-gravity indicator and became a social media sensation.
The crew completed a historic lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, and after splashdown on April 10, Wiseman retrieved Rise.
The crew proposed naming a moon crater after Wiseman's late wife, Carroll, and celebrated the mission's success at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.