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VOL. 62, NO. 21
MOON JOY
PHOTOS BY NASA
The Earth sets over the moon in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the moon on April 6, Easter Monday. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. The record-setting Artemis II mission was NASA’s first moonshot trip in the last 50 years. Below, people watch the Artemis II mission launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1.
Artemis II mission brings courage, unity and faith to the moon and back during Holy Week, Easter HOUSTON — When NASA’s Artemis II rocket humans in history. lifted off in Florida on April 1, Beth Turner stood Turner, a parishioner at Mary Queen Parish in quietly on the NASA Causeway, miles from the Friendswood and a 38‑year veteran of NASA, has John F. Kennedy Space Center, arm in arm with witnessed countless launches during her career, colleagues who, like her, had spent years preparing from the space shuttle program to SpaceX missions themselves and others for the moment. to a Soyuz launch in Kazakhstan. Almost always, For once, she was not working as she was focused on supporting BY JAMES RAMOS Artemis II shot skyward. astronauts’ families. But for Artemis “I just got to be still,” Turner said. II’s launch, she simply watched. Texas Catholic Herald Artemis II marked NASA’s first “I didn’t take photos,” she said. “I crewed lunar mission in more than just watched arm in arm with three 50 years, carrying astronauts Christina Koch, Victor coworkers who were also supporting crew members Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen on that flight. It was a beautiful experience.” – and an adorable plush zero gravity indicator The launch took place during Holy Week, with named Rise – on a 10‑day journey to the moon for See MOON, page 4 a flyby that took them farther from Earth than any
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