The President of the United States, Donald Trump, received this Wednesday at the White House the astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission, at a meeting in which he highlighted the success of the space program and the country's return to lunar orbit after more than half century.
From the Oval Office, the president congratulated the crew for having starred in the first mission to reach the orbit of the Moon in decades, also becoming the humans who have traveled the farthest from Earth.
During the meeting, Trump also praised the work of the space agency and its leadership, including administrator Jared Isaacman.
“People like this are needed to make our country great...”, said the president, recognizing the team's performance.
The Artemis II mission consisted of astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover, from NASA, together with Jeremy Hansen, from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The crew managed to reach a distance of 406,771 kilometers from Earth, exceeding the record set by the Apollo 13 mission
