NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman mentioned Artemis II marked America’s “grand return to the moon” throughout a Wednesday night information convention.
Isaacman mentioned NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover Jr. and Christina Koch and Canadian House Company astronaut Jeremy Hansen “are secure. They’re safe, they usually’re in nice spirits.”
“We’ll proceed to observe their well being and standing as we transfer into the subsequent section of the Artemis II mission,” he continued. “You have got our dedication to maintain the general public as knowledgeable as potential on this historic mission.
“We’ll maintain our celebration till this crew is underneath parachutes and splashes down off the West Coast,” Isaacman mentioned.
Isaacman mentioned about 51 minutes into the flight, throughout a deliberate handover between satellites, there was a short lived lack of communications with the bottom staff, not in a position to obtain information from the crew or spacecraft. Nonetheless, he mentioned communications have since been restored.
