Artemis II crew reflects on historic moon mission

Well after completing an historic trip around the moon, the astronauts of NASA's Artemis II talked about their mission today. Yeah, the briefing comes nearly a week after the astronauts returned to Earth after a 10-day journey. ABC's Jacqueline Lee has the details. And the mains, the pilots in the mains came out and it was, it was glorious. Nearly a week after the splashdown seen around the world. A perfect bullseye splashdown. After their mission around the moon. No! Today, the four astronauts who made history, Commander Reed Weissman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Cook and Jeremy Hansen sharing their insight on their 10-day mission. Humans are just great people in general. We don't always do great things. We're not always in our integrity. But our default is to be good and to be good to one another. And what we saw once we've gotten back a little bit, so I haven't seen a lot yet, but I've seen a bit. And what I've seen has brought me more joy but more hope for our future. The Orion spacecraft traveling nearly 700,000 miles in total and farther into space than man has ever traveled before. What an amazing journey that was. First and foremost, Victor, Christina, Jeremy, just thank you. Like this was an unbelievable adventure. And the first crew trip to the moon and back in more than 50 years. When the sun eclipsed behind the moon, I think all four of us, I turned to Victor and I said, I don't think humanity has evolved to the point of being able to comprehend what we're looking at right now because it was otherworldly and it was amazing. Now, photos and videos emerging of the crew reuniting with their loved ones. Victor Glover with his wife and four daughters. And Cook seeing her dog Sadie again. Love from the moon and back. We've done this together. We took your hearts with us and your hearts lifted our hearts. Now NASA looking ahead to 2027 Artemis III. Such a tough capability between the Orion capsule and private commercial spacecraft needed to land astronauts on the moon. In Los Angeles, Jacqueline Lane, Channel 6 Action News.