"Commander Reid Wiseman remarked, 'Twenty-four hours ago, the Earth was that big out the window and we were doing Mach 39, and here we are back at Ellington at home. No one down here is ever going to know what the four of us just went through, and it was the most special thing that will ever happen in my life.'"
"Pilot Victor Glover stated, 'I wanted to thank God, because, even bigger than my challenge trying to describe what we went through, the gratitude of seeing what we saw, doing what we did, and being with who I was with... It's too big to just be in one body.'"
"Mission Specialist Christina Koch said, 'What struck me wasn't necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging on, disturbingly, in the universe.'"
"Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen emphasized, 'I think I'll start with gratitude, gratitude for the bravery and the courage for the teams to be no go' when we were no go.'"
The Artemis II astronauts shared their emotional experiences following their mission around the moon. Commander Reid Wiseman described the overwhelming feelings of returning home after being 200,000 miles away. Pilot Victor Glover expressed gratitude for the journey and the sights they witnessed. Mission Specialist Christina Koch reflected on Earth's fragility amidst the vast universe. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen emphasized the importance of the human experience and gratitude for the support received during the mission, highlighting the extraordinary nature of their journey.
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