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Artemis II crew speak out at welcome home event: ‘Earth was this lifeboat hanging in the universe’

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Artemis II crew speak out at welcome home event: ‘Earth was this lifeboat hanging in the universe’

Astronauts make first remarks at jubilant homecoming in Houston after their record-breaking moon flyby

Still marveling over their moon mission, the Artemis II astronauts received a thunderous welcome home on Saturday from hundreds who took part in setting a record for deep space travel during the US space agency Nasa’s lunar comeback.

The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near Nasa’s Johnson Space Center and Mission Control in Houston, flying in from San Diego, where they splashed down just offshore the evening before.

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Originally reported by The Guardian