Donald Trump used a live call to NASA's Artemis II crew on Monday to praise their historic moon flyby before admitting he may not live long enough to see the 'big trip to Mars' he is urging the agency to pursue. Speaking from the White House to the four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, Trump lauded their six-hour journey around the far side of the moon and reflected, almost in passing, on his own mortality while discussing future missions.
Artemis II is the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, carrying three American astronauts and one Canadian on a looping test flight designed to pave the way for a return to the Moon's surface. Their spacecraft captured an Earthrise not seen by human eyes in 50 years.
