Overview
- The Artemis II astronauts woke to Zac Brown’s song Free during their eighth day aboard the Orion capsule the crew named Integrity, followed by his recorded greeting to the team.
- Brown addressed commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch of NASA and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency by name in the message.
- The crew splashed down in the Pacific on Friday, April 10, completing a 10-day test flight around the Moon, according to coverage that followed their return.
- NASA says the loop marked the first human trip around the Moon in more than 50 years and set a new record for the farthest humans have traveled from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13.
- NASA shared a wake-up playlist that also featured Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, and Working Class Heroes by CeeLo Green, and Brown and his wife Kendra Scott posted the wake-up clip on Instagram.