Trump beams in to speak with NASA astronauts on their spacecraft after they circle the moon and head home to Earth

NewsWorldAmericasTrump beams in to speak with NASA astronauts on their spacecraft after they circle the moon and head home to EarthThe four crew members of the Artemis II mission traveled about 252,760 miles away from EarthRachel Dobkin in New York Tuesday 07 April 2026 05:19 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2952718","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-artemis-ii-nasa-astronauts-moon-b2952718.html","title":"Trump speaks with NASA astronauts after they circle the moon and head home to Earth"}}Close'You’re gonna do the whole big trip to Mars': Trump speaks to Artemis II crew in spaceThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSourceMeth...