Oval Office nod to Artemis 2: Trump meets lunar crew
TL;DR
President Trump hosted Artemis 2 astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen, along with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, in the White House Oval Office for a livestreamed greeting, praising their historic Moon flyby and joking about joining a future flight; Artemis 2’s lunar loop—launched April 1 and returned April 10—marked the first time humans left Earth orbit since Apollo 17 and the farthest distance from Earth to date, as reporters pressed on UFO declassification and NASA’s broader moon program and budget context.
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