In their own words: The Artemis II crew on the frenetic first hours of their flight
Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav How calm, cool, and utterly chill is the crew of NASA’s first Moon mission in more than half a century? Let’s start with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. “You know me, personally, I hope to take a very short nap on the pad,” he said. “There’s enough time built in there to have a nap. I’ve been practicing falling asleep. So if the loops are quiet enough, and I get a minute, I’ll try for a nap.” Imagine that. Hansen will be seated atop a Brobdingnagian rocket, fueled with explosive liquid hydrogen and oxygen, just about to blast off on a wild ride that will ultimately carry him and three other…
