Share to ClassroomAstronauts Fly Around the Moon
Four astronauts came back to Earth on Friday. They flew around the Moon for ten days. It was the first Moon trip with people in fifty years. They traveled 252,000 miles from Earth. That is farther than anyone has gone before.
The astronauts talked about the trip after they came home. They said it was very special. One astronaut cried because the trip was so amazing. For forty minutes, the crew could not talk to anyone on Earth. That happened when they flew behind the Moon.
NASA (the American space agency) wants to send people to the Moon again in 2028. They plan to build a base on the Moon. This mission was special for other reasons too. Victor Glover was the first Black astronaut to fly so far. Christina Koch was the first woman. Jeremy Hansen was the first Canadian.
