Artemis II crew talk about their Moon mission

The Artemis II crew members have detailed their experiences from the historic 10-day mission around the Moon Mission commander Reid Wiseman says when the Sun eclipsed behind the Moon it was "otherworldly", and they have found it hard to "fully grasp" what they've been through Pilot Victor Glover says when they splashed down into the ocean after returning to Earth it was like diving "off a skyscraper backwards" Mission specialist Christina Koch says she's woken up from dreams thinking she is floating since returning to Earth, and was surprised when she held a shirt up and it just fell on the floor Specialist Jeremy Hansen says the public reaction since their return has brought him joy and hope for the future They began their mission on 1 April, blasting off from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and viewing previously unseen parts of the Moon The goal of the Artemis missions is to eventually return humans to the lunar surface, to establish a permanent presence there, and to send the first astronauts to Mars Edited by Oliver O'Connell and Sakshi Venkatraman When Reid Wiseman described the crew's reaction to the global response, the word he reached for was "shocked." That surpri