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President Trump praised the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a brief chat late Monday, saying they had "inspired the entire world" after they looped around the moon in a record-breaking voyage.

This momentous day ended on an awkward note when President Donald Trump called to congratulate the crew. The 13-minute conversation, aired as part of NASA’s live mission coverage, felt more torturous than rewarding. What stood out—but was altogether unsurprising—was that Trump sounded like he had only a vague idea of what Artemis 2 is all about.

After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a lunar cruise that revealed views of the far side never beheld by eyes until now.

President Trump chatted with the crew of Artemis II Monday night following their historic moon flyby, hailing the astronauts as “modern-day pioneers” and inviting them to the White House. “You’ve made history and made all America really proud,

Space enthusiasts have declared astronaut Christina Koch their new crush after a picture of her muscular arm went viral this week. Koch is part of NASA's ongoing Artemis II expedition alongside her colleagues Reid Wiseman,

Former astronaut Clayton Anderson credited President Donald Trump's entire administration for the Artemis II mission, saying politicizing the lunar accomplishment misses the point.

The crew of the historic Artemis II mission memorialized the late wife of one of their astronauts by proposing to name a crater on the moon after her on Monday, an emotional moment that was captured o