# History Made

URL: /show/the-launch/61/
> The Artemis II crew is headed back to Earth, and they've already made history. We'll look at the highlights, tech issues, and how that ride around the dark side went.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 61
- Date: 2026-04-08
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:50:06
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6391119075327760152dd3cce9-5722-4db0-9c3d-87a410428bc7.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/2dd3cce9-5722-4db0-9c3d-87a410428bc7639111912406516248.srt) [text/vtt](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/2dd3cce9-5722-4db0-9c3d-87a410428bc7639111912403314993.vtt) [text/html](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/transcript_2dd3cce9-5722-4db0-9c3d-87a410428bc7639111912409199655.html)




### Episode Links

**CALL 1-774-462-5667**

* [Wordle](https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html)
* [Artemis II Crew Speaks From Space](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myscgUlbua4)
* [Artemis II Crew Speaks From Space — Intense Unexpected Moment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myscgUlbua4&t=1075s)
* [Two Microsoft Outlooks](https://x.com/yaelkroy/status/2039725680456302886)
* [Houston, Bluetooth Won't Pair](https://x.com/jsrailton/status/2040475898541908054)
* [Artemis II Astronaut Finds Two Outlook Instances Running on Computers](https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/artemis-ii-astronaut-finds-two-outlook-instances-running-on-computers-call-on-houston-to-fix-microsoft-anomaly-puzzled-caller-describes-two-outlooks-and-neither-one-of-those-are-working)
* [Moment NASA Loses Contact With Artemis II Crew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n6RwVu2N48)
* [Artemis II Distance Record Clip](https://youtu.be/1VYTkidIonU?t=75)
* [Artemis II Crew Headed Back to Earth After Lunar Flyby](https://youtu.be/w0DI5rroTBU?t=34)
* [Crew Reestablished Contact With Mission Control After Expected 40-Minute Communications Blackout](https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/science/live-news/nasa-artemis-2-flyby-moon-mission)
* [Artemis II: What's on the Menu?](https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/artemis-ii-whats-on-the-menu/)
* [A Visual Guide to Artemis II and Previous Missions to the Moon](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/a-visual-guide-to-artemis-ii-and-previous-missions-to-the-moon)
* [First Photo of Lunar Eclipse From Artemis II Crew Looks Almost Too Good to Be Real](https://www.theverge.com/science/907953/nasa-artemis-astronaut-total-solar-eclipse-photo)
* [Emotional Artemis II Moment as Crew Names Moon Crater “Carroll”](https://www.iflscience.com/artemis-ii-crew-names-moon-crater-after-astronauts-late-wife-as-mission-breaks-distance-records-83092)
* **MUSIC** : [I Need a Little By The Retrograde](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6877455)
* [Almost Nothin but Dreams](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/408-Hix-Bridge-Rd-Westport-MA-02790/2066644836_zpid)
* [Need a Bit of Tidy](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5-Sanctuary-Dr-Simsbury-CT-06070/174076293_zpid/)
* [Now This Is a Compound for Chickens](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/452-Ruby-Creek-Rd-90-5-Naples-ID-83847/460731508_zpid/)