The four Artemis II astronauts looked cozy in their cramped spacecraft when they gave an update Thursday on what they’re up to during their historic mission to the moon.
Cmdr. Reid Wiseman described a moment when the spacecraft was reoriented as the sun was setting behind Earth.
“I don’t know what we all expected to see in that moment, but you can see the entire globe from pole to pole. You can see Africa, Europe and if you looked really close, you could see the northern lights. It was the most spectacular moment and it paused all four of us in our tracks,” he said.
Mission Specialist Christina Koch recalled a potentially serious problem that she was able to fix.
“I’m proud of to call myself the space plumber,” Koch said after repairing the space-commode. “I like to say that it is probably the most important piece of equipment on board. So we were all breathing a sigh of relief when it turned out to be just fine.”
Watch their out-of-this-world interview below:
WTOP’s Abigail Constantino contributed to this report.
