Artemis II commander calls Earth "special place" as spaceship heads home

The commander of NASA's Artemis II mission said Wednesday that traveling around the Moon reaffirmed Earth as a "special place," as the spacecraft made its way back home after setting a new distance record.Mission commander Reid Wiseman said that he gets "chills" remembering the view of the Moon eclipsing the Earth, adding that "it is amazing to watch your home planet disappear."The Orion spacecraft departed Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1 carrying three American and one Canadian astronaut. It set a new record for human travel away from Earth on Monday during the first crewed trip…READ FULL ARTICLE