It was as though magic had showered across the world on April 1, 2026, when a quartet of daring astronauts lifted off from Earth in a little white capsule strapped to an enormously powerful rocket. Leaving behind a sendoff of roaring post-launch rumbles rivaled only by tears and cheers of joy, the sunrise-orange vessel pierced through a clear blue sky, beginning humanity's long-awaited trip back to the moon.
Five days later, the adventurers — Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen — woke up to a message from Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. He'd recorded it before he died in August of last year: "Welcome to my old neighborhood."
