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Moon things that made me emotional today (4/6/26)

Mission Control waking up the crew with a special message recorded by Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell, who died last year

Integrity crew naming Carroll Crater after Reid Wiseman’s late wife

Watching the Moon on the livestream gradually get closer and fill up more of my screen

The moment Earth finally became visible on the livestream, appearing as a tiny crescent so far from the moon that now appears gigantic

Victor Glover telling his wife “Hey babe, I love you from the moon”

“Full moon joy, still”

Christina Koch’s message upon returning from LOS: “Ultimately, we will always choose earth. We will always choose each other”

nethnad

"It is so great to see Earth again. To Asia, Africa, and Oceania: we are looking back at you. We hear you can look up and see the moon right now. We see you too.

When we burned this burn to the moon, I said "We do not leave Earth, but choose it." And that is true. We will explore, we will build. We will build ships; we will visit again.

We will construct science outposts. We will drive rovers. We will do radio astronomy. We will found companies, we will bolster industries.

We will inspire.

But ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other."

-Christina Koch, Mission Specialist, after Artemis II regained contact with NASA.

thefragman

moon's haunted

tobythetrashyartist

this whole mission so far has been such an amazing experience, i never thought i'd see the day humans would be back out in space. it's such a cool thing

salbertwolf

Christina Koch (Mission Specialist), Artemis II - April 6th 2026

balimaria

I just really love how human this mission feels. Both the crew and the ground making fun jokes and references ("amaze, amaze, amaze!") or things like Glover saying "hello baby!" to his family back on Earth, or how "moon joy" has become the team's favorite phrase, or those craters being named "Integrity" and "Carroll," or the astronauts being encouraged to describe how seeing the moon makes them feel (and doing so to a moving degree), and also describing how much working and talking together improves their capabilities on all fronts, and both sides constantly telling each other how excited they are and that there's "smiles all around" Not that missions like Apollo never had stuff like this, but it's different hearing it all live. Wonderful experience all around.

afeelgoodblog

Happy Leland Melvin Day!!!

shrewreadings

Happy Leland Melvin Day!

squidificati0n

Happy Leland Melvin Day!

communistkirby

Happy Leland Melvin Day!!!

baddogmari

when you feel like you’re starting to get better and suddenly the impending doom sets in again and you know the cycle is about to repeat

professionallyunstable-deactiva

when the "i don’t need anyone anyway“ act wears off and all i want is for someone to hold me in their arms and tell me their biggest fear is losing me.