Your Kids Asked the Artemis Astronauts Questions. They Answered.

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<p>Last month, the astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, bringing their journey around the moon to a close.</p> <p>“The Daily” asked children to send in questions for the crew. The astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — sat down with Rachel Abrams to answer them.</p> <p>Guest: The Artemis II astronauts: Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman.</p> <p>Background reading: </p> <ul> <li>The mission took the astronauts farther than any human has ever traveled in history and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/artemis-landing-splashdown-moon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reminded us how small we are</a>.</li> <li>The Artemis II splashdown gave NASA momentum <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/science/moon-astronauts-success.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">in a renewed moon race</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Photo: The New York Times</p> <p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>nytimes.com/thedaily</strong></a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>