"NASA's Artemis II mission made history again on Tuesday when the crew, traveling on their Orion spacecraft, completed the first-ever ship to ship call between a human moon mission and the International Space Station (ISS)."
"The Artemis II crew spoke on an approximately 15-minute, audio-only call with ISS NASA astronauts, trading quips about the good, the bad and the ugly of spaceflight."
"We can tell that you guys are definitely experiencing moon joy.' I feel like even we are experiencing moon joy' right now, Meir told the lunar voyagers."
"At the time of the call, the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity by its crew, was more than 200,000 nautical miles from Earth."
NASA's Artemis II mission achieved a historic milestone by facilitating the first-ever communication between a human moon mission and the International Space Station. The crew aboard the Orion spacecraft, consisting of NASA astronauts and a Canadian astronaut, engaged in a 15-minute audio call with ISS astronauts. They shared experiences and humor about spaceflight, with the term 'moon joy' emerging as a catchphrase. At the time of the call, the Orion spacecraft was over 200,000 nautical miles from Earth, while the ISS was approximately 250 nautical miles above the planet.
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