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Artemis II Crew Takes Students’ Questions at CBS Town Hall, Gifts Viral 5-Year-Old a Signed Spacesuit

The showcase turns a landmark lunar flyby into a spark for kids who see space as a path they can join.

Overview

  • The four Artemis II astronauts joined a CBS Mornings town hall Friday, fielding questions from students in a live, hour-long special.
  • Jeremy Hansen described reentry as the best roller coaster ride ever and detailed seeing plasma colors outside Orion during the fiery descent.
  • Christina Koch surprised 5-year-old Jack Wineski of Georgia with a signed orange spacesuit marked commander after his launch-day interview went viral.
  • Students from New York City schools and NASA HUNCH finalists took part, and the special featured appearances by Ron Howard and Bill Nye.
  • The outreach follows the April 10 splashdown that ended a near 700,000-mile lunar flyby, the first human trip beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.