'We Came Back as Best Friends' — Artemis II Speaks | Blue Origin Sunday | FYST Opens

The heroes of Artemis II speak! Less than a week after their historic lunar flyby, Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen held their first full post-mission press conference — and their words were extraordinary. Plus: Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is on the pad for Sunday's landmark first-ever booster reuse; a 34-year dream becomes reality as the world's highest telescope opens in the Chilean Andes; astronomers discover 33,000 hydrogen halos that were hiding the universe's missing fuel; tonight is your best chance to spot the brightest comet of the year; and a solar storm could paint the weekend skies with aurora.
Links & Sources •       NASA Artemis II Postflight News Conference: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-news-and-updates •       Blue Origin New Glenn NG-3: spaceflightnow.com •       FYST Telescope Inauguration: news.cornell.edu •       HETDEX Hydrogen Halos Study: hetdex.org / Astrophysical Journal •       Comet C/2025 R3 Skywatching Guide: science.nasa.gov •       Solar Activity & Aurora Forecast: earthsky.org

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