# 'We Came Back as Best Friends' — Artemis II Speaks | Blue Origin Sunday | FYST Opens

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/we-came-back-as-best-friends-artemis-ii-speaks-blue-origin-sunday-fyst-opens
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/we-came-back-as-best-friends-artemis-ii-speaks-blue-origin-sunday-fyst-opens.md
Podcast: [Astronomy Daily: Space News Updates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676)
Published: 2026-04-17T11:03:37+00:00
Episode link: http://astronomydaily.io
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/track/op3.dev/e/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71402848/we_came_back_as_best_friends_artemis_ii_crew_speaks_out_blue_origin_sunday_launch_today_s_space_news.mp3
Processing state: processed
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/episodes/we-came-back-as-best-friends-artemis-ii-speaks-blue-origin-sunday-fyst-opens
Duration seconds: 1002

## Resource

The heroes of Artemis II speak! Less than a week after their historic lunar flyby, Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen held their first full post-mission press conference — and their words were extraordinary. Plus: Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is on the pad for Sunday's landmark first-ever booster reuse; a 34-year dream becomes reality as the world's highest telescope opens in the Chilean Andes; astronomers discover 33,000 hydrogen halos that were hiding the universe's missing fuel; tonight is your best chance to spot the brightest comet of the year; and a solar storm could paint the weekend skies with aurora. Links & Sources • NASA Artemis II Postflight News Conference: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-news-and-updates • Blue Origin New Glenn NG-3: spaceflightnow.com • FYST Telescope Inauguration: news.cornell.edu • HETDEX Hydrogen Halos Study: hetdex.org / Astrophysical Journal • Comet C/2025 R3 Skywatching Guide: science.nasa.gov • Solar Activity & Aurora Forecast: earthsky.org Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support . Sponsor Details: Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN . To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . You'll be glad you did! Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click Here This episode includes AI-generated content.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/episodes/we-came-back-as-best-friends-artemis-ii-speaks-blue-origin-sunday-fyst-opens/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates-5658676/we-came-back-as-best-friends-artemis-ii-speaks-blue-origin-sunday-fyst-opens.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.