Hello — a very special hello — to Artemis II. Today, you've made history and made all of America really proud. Incredibly proud.

We have a lot of things to be proud of lately, but there's nothing like what you're doing, circling around the moon for the first time in more than a half a century and breaking the all-time record for the farthest distance from planet Earth.

Your mission paves the way for America's return to the lunar surface very soon. We're going all out; we're doing everything we can.

We'll plant our flag once again, and this time we won't just leave footprints, we'll establish a permanent presence on the moon, and we'll push on to Mars. That'll be very exciting. I'm waiting for that so much.

I'd love to be here, but maybe we won't quite make it in terms of timing, but we will be up in the moon, and that's gonna happen soon.