April 7, 2026 • 10 mins
Ryan, Dana, and National Correspondent Rory O’Neill discuss the history-making Artemis II mission, including the emotional naming of a new crater and a Nutella fly-by.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:07):
Just minutes after the crew of the Artemis two learned
that they had traveled farther away from Earth than anyone else,
they told mission control that they had seen two as
yet unnamed craters on the Moon and they wanted to
name them. So first they asked to name one of
them Integrity. That's their nickname for their Orion space capsule.
(00:29):
And then, and I don't think anyone was expecting this,
Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut who's been really good friends
with Commander Reid Wiseman for many years, said this about
the second crater they saw.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
So at certain times of the Moons transit around Earth,
you can we will be able to see this from Earth.
And so we also loved one. Her name was Carol.
They're supposed to read the mother of Katie and Eli.
And if you want to find this one, you look
at Glushko and it's suggests to the northwest of that,
(01:03):
at the same latitude as home, and it's a it's
a bright spot on the Moon, and we would like
to call it Carol.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So I watched this live as it happened, and I
got totally choked up by it, and you can see
read wipe tears away, and then Jeremy hugs him, and
then Victor and Christina got in and they have this
big group hug on the space capsule and everything just
went silent, and then probably about thirty seconds a minute later,
the you know, the mission control person came on and said, noted,
(01:34):
you know, we will.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Do that, and so well, I'm glad they didn't say,
you know, yeah, I don't think.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
I don't think they say no. But it was really
interesting because now we get you know, all these different
craters on the Moon, they have all these different names,
and to be able to see that happen and to
know the reason why, and that it's for his wife.
And I know that his two teenage daughters. They were
there at mission control because a few minutes before they
had told him read, your daughters are here. They're watching
(02:00):
all that. So the kids were there yet his wife,
she's she was forty six, she died from cancer in
twenty twenty, and now their daughters are teenagers.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
I wonder what the daughters thought.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I mean, I'm sure they're really excited for their dad
to go up in space on this mission.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
But you know, they lost.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Their mom mother.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
This is a risky trip. Yeah, he said that. He
told them parents have to make their dreams come true too,
and they're very supportive of it, and they're confident that
he's going to make it back safe. But I'm so
invested in really are Yeah. No, And I posted a
lot I posted on x and Facebook about it, and
a lot of people were like bawling, Oh my gosh,
that was the moment. So it was really cool. Just
(02:39):
a few hours after the crew of Artemis two made
history by traveling farther away from Earth than anyone else,
they had a conversation with President Trump. He praised them
for their bravery and said how proud he is, and
then he said, this.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Tell me what is the most unforgettable part of this
really historic day. The whole world is watching and listening.
Please tell me.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
I have to tell you.
Speaker 7 (03:02):
As we came around the near side of the Moon,
seeing all the sites that we've seen from Earth for
all of our lives, but we're seeing.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Them from a different perspective.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
And then we started to get a glimpse of the
and we saw sites oriental sites that no human has
ever seen before, not even an apollo, and that was
amazing for us.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, they also saw a really cool eclipse last night,
and he went into talking about all of that too.
So those are pictures that they didn't transmit back yet,
but we'll get to see them when they return in
a couple of days. Yeah, and then the President had
this message for Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut on board.
Speaker 6 (03:36):
Well, I have to say I spoke to a very
special person, Wayne Gretzky, who I think you know, the
great one. And I spoke to your Prime Minister and
many other friends I have in Canada, and they are
so proud of you and you have a lot of courage.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah. So he was very kind about Canada. Nothing, well,
we're going to take over your country. You're going to
be the fifty first date, none of them.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Well he didn't say when you come back, you're going
to be an American citizen, but as we'll have Canada
fifty first thing now.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Okay, no, none of that. And then the President wrapped
up with.
Speaker 6 (04:03):
This when we can, well, I look forward to seeing
you in the Oval Office. I'll ask Jared to bring
you over and I'll ask for your autograph, because I
don't really ask for autographs much, but you deserve that.
You really are something everybody's talking about this.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
Thank you for that, mister President. And when you want us,
we will be there.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yes, it was a really cool conversation they had with
President Trump last night.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Yeah, it's neat, and you know their perspective. I'd be
fascinated to ask them. We're talking about this around war
and just the chaos here on Earth. Meanwhile they're up
there looking down at the planets and that view in
that perspective.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, well, they did say there have been certain times
where they've talked about how we're all one world and
all of that and the perspective that it puts things into.
So I definitely think, you know, they weren't going to
go there with it. Yeah, yeah, I think they have
a whole different view of the Iran war than he does.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Yeah, and just everything you know, we deal with here.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Just about four minutes before the crew of NASA's historic
Artemis two mission traveled farther away from Earth than anyone else.
As tens of thousands of people were watching, a big
jar of nutella floated across the space pod in the
middle of the live stream, and the way it happened,
it was like the jar went by Christina's you know, hairball,
(05:24):
and then it flipped around right at the exact moment,
just to see the Nutella label on advertisement, and then
it drifted to the back of the space behind. It
was incredible to the point where everyone was commenting, and
then NASA actually had to answer questions about it, and
they said, no, this was not any type of intentional
(05:44):
product placement. They said they don't select crew meals or
food in association with brand partnerships. But it was a
pretty incredible moment. And then of course Natella picked up all. Yeah,
they shared the video and they said arnored to have
traveled further away than any spread in history, taking spreading
smiles to new heights.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
I gotta tell you, I respect the crew even more
knowing that they're fans of Natella.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yeah, it was pretty funny. And when I first thought,
I was like, is this real? And then I had
to go back on the lives myself because everything you
just don't know these days. If what you see a
viral moment, is it real or not.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
I can't tell you how many things recently, Dana has said,
have you seen this?
Speaker 5 (06:29):
I want to share it.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
I'm not sure it's real, though, Yeah, I want to
wait to make sure.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yes, I'm making sure. So I actually I've had the
live stream up and I just happened to miss that moment.
I've been watching it all afternoon, and so I found
the spot and sure enough on the NASA live stream,
you see this jar of Natella just float by at
the perfect rate.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
And just the way it did it. I mean a'tella like, yeah,
see them.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I want to see how you spread the Natella in space.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I want to talk to you, Rory, about the Artimist
two moon mission. A historic day yesterday put it into
perspective for us.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Right, let's turn to our space expert data.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
It's true, she's a real space nerd right.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Super into it. I mean, Rory, what stood out to
you yesterday?
Speaker 9 (07:16):
I mean, there was some of the footage. I just
can't wait for the real detailed stuff to come in.
You know, we got that sort of grainy footage because
they have to share the data stream with the life
support systems and the navigation systems in addition to the
scientific research, which is why they sort of got semi
fuzzy imagery, but.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
They can't find the life support systems offer a few
seconds so we can get better footage.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
No, but I'm sure that they have really, really good cameras.
And it was interesting when I was listening to the
live stream. They spent a lot of time communicating back
and forth with mission control about which window to put
which camera in and who was gonna control which camera
and all of it. Before you know, we couldn't communicate
with them for that forty five minutes, kind of.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Like what we do here in the studio with our cameras.
Speaker 9 (07:59):
Soreograph. No, all that stuff that was choreographed beforehand. They
had a list of thirty things that they were supposed
to document the photograph and then read in their observations.
Speaker 8 (08:09):
They wanted exact descriptions.
Speaker 9 (08:11):
They were training them on what to look for so
they could say, oh, look this is much more reflective.
Speaker 8 (08:15):
This is a much more brown area.
Speaker 9 (08:17):
The crevices are steep, or the curves are sharp, and
whatever it may be. So they were training them, the
crew members for months to try to provide that detail.
For all the Moon nerds who are on the science
team now digesting this.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Data Rory, are you more impressed by this this moon
mission and what we're sitting on the far side of
the moon, or like when the James Webb telescope sends
back images of like, you know, the origins of the universe.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
I was talking to my mom about this last night.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
Ye, she's blown away by like the James web telescope
stuff and all that.
Speaker 10 (08:53):
I was just wondering which one you're more interested in
the Yeah, two different things. I think this is much
more of a human achievement. I mean that, and Dana
shared it with the naming the crater after Carol and
like that.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
My question now is do tears go up in space?
Speaker 2 (09:09):
He was wiping them. I don't know. Yeah, that's a really.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
Good but I never thought about direction.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Do they just kind of pop out?
Speaker 4 (09:16):
And right right, that's a good question. What about the
Natella floating by during the live stream.
Speaker 9 (09:24):
I'm about to talk to a guy in New York
who's all upset by them to Tella really product product placement,
and he's convinced this is all green.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Screen, green screen thing. But I think this is real.
Speaker 9 (09:36):
Yeah, of course, of course he thinks he thinks of
Beret is stylish if you know who I'm.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Talking to, well, just make sure he doesn't say that
to buzz Altrim. He'll get punched right in the face,
all right. Our National choruspondent Ory O'Neil with us this morning. Rory,
thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Thanks Ryan, make the Ryan Gorman Chill Podcast up. Were
set on iHeart Radio, presented by Vera and VERA Accident Attorneys, Tampa,
The Ryan Gorman Show podcast presented by Farah and Farah
Accident Attorney's Tampa.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Just minutes after the crew of the Artemis two learned
that they had traveled farther away from Earth than anyone else,
they told mission control that they had seen two as
yet unnamed craters on the Moon and they wanted to
name them. So first they asked to name one of
them Integrity. That's their nickname for their Orion space capsule.
(00:29):
And then, and I don't think anyone was expecting this,
Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut who's been really good friends
with Commander Reid Wiseman for many years, said this about
the second crater they saw.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
So at certain times of the Moons transit around Earth,
you can we will be able to see this from Earth.
And so we also loved one. Her name was Carol.
They're supposed to read the mother of Katie and Eli.
And if you want to find this one, you look
at Glushko and it's suggests to the northwest of that,
(01:03):
at the same latitude as home, and it's a it's
a bright spot on the Moon, and we would like
to call it Carol.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
So I watched this live as it happened, and I
got totally choked up by it, and you can see
read wipe tears away, and then Jeremy hugs him, and
then Victor and Christina got in and they have this
big group hug on the space capsule and everything just
went silent, and then probably about thirty seconds a minute later,
the you know, the mission control person came on and said, noted,
(01:34):
you know, we will.
Speaker 4 (01:35):
Do that, and so well, I'm glad they didn't say,
you know, yeah, I don't think.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
I don't think they say no. But it was really
interesting because now we get you know, all these different
craters on the Moon, they have all these different names,
and to be able to see that happen and to
know the reason why, and that it's for his wife.
And I know that his two teenage daughters. They were
there at mission control because a few minutes before they
had told him read, your daughters are here. They're watching
(02:00):
all that. So the kids were there yet his wife,
she's she was forty six, she died from cancer in
twenty twenty, and now their daughters are teenagers.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
I wonder what the daughters thought.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I mean, I'm sure they're really excited for their dad
to go up in space on this mission.
Speaker 5 (02:16):
But you know, they lost.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Their mom mother.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
This is a risky trip. Yeah, he said that. He
told them parents have to make their dreams come true too,
and they're very supportive of it, and they're confident that
he's going to make it back safe. But I'm so
invested in really are Yeah. No, And I posted a
lot I posted on x and Facebook about it, and
a lot of people were like bawling, Oh my gosh,
that was the moment. So it was really cool. Just
(02:39):
a few hours after the crew of Artemis two made
history by traveling farther away from Earth than anyone else,
they had a conversation with President Trump. He praised them
for their bravery and said how proud he is, and
then he said, this.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
Tell me what is the most unforgettable part of this
really historic day. The whole world is watching and listening.
Please tell me.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
I have to tell you.
Speaker 7 (03:02):
As we came around the near side of the Moon,
seeing all the sites that we've seen from Earth for
all of our lives, but we're seeing.
Speaker 5 (03:09):
Them from a different perspective.
Speaker 7 (03:10):
And then we started to get a glimpse of the
and we saw sites oriental sites that no human has
ever seen before, not even an apollo, and that was
amazing for us.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, they also saw a really cool eclipse last night,
and he went into talking about all of that too.
So those are pictures that they didn't transmit back yet,
but we'll get to see them when they return in
a couple of days. Yeah, and then the President had
this message for Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian astronaut on board.
Speaker 6 (03:36):
Well, I have to say I spoke to a very
special person, Wayne Gretzky, who I think you know, the
great one. And I spoke to your Prime Minister and
many other friends I have in Canada, and they are
so proud of you and you have a lot of courage.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yeah. So he was very kind about Canada. Nothing, well,
we're going to take over your country. You're going to
be the fifty first date, none of them.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Well he didn't say when you come back, you're going
to be an American citizen, but as we'll have Canada
fifty first thing now.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Okay, no, none of that. And then the President wrapped
up with.
Speaker 6 (04:03):
This when we can, well, I look forward to seeing
you in the Oval Office. I'll ask Jared to bring
you over and I'll ask for your autograph, because I
don't really ask for autographs much, but you deserve that.
You really are something everybody's talking about this.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
Thank you for that, mister President. And when you want us,
we will be there.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Yes, it was a really cool conversation they had with
President Trump last night.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
Yeah, it's neat, and you know their perspective. I'd be
fascinated to ask them. We're talking about this around war
and just the chaos here on Earth. Meanwhile they're up
there looking down at the planets and that view in
that perspective.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, well, they did say there have been certain times
where they've talked about how we're all one world and
all of that and the perspective that it puts things into.
So I definitely think, you know, they weren't going to
go there with it. Yeah, yeah, I think they have
a whole different view of the Iran war than he does.
Speaker 5 (04:57):
Yeah, and just everything you know, we deal with here.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Just about four minutes before the crew of NASA's historic
Artemis two mission traveled farther away from Earth than anyone else.
As tens of thousands of people were watching, a big
jar of nutella floated across the space pod in the
middle of the live stream, and the way it happened,
it was like the jar went by Christina's you know, hairball,
(05:24):
and then it flipped around right at the exact moment,
just to see the Nutella label on advertisement, and then
it drifted to the back of the space behind. It
was incredible to the point where everyone was commenting, and
then NASA actually had to answer questions about it, and
they said, no, this was not any type of intentional
(05:44):
product placement. They said they don't select crew meals or
food in association with brand partnerships. But it was a
pretty incredible moment. And then of course Natella picked up all. Yeah,
they shared the video and they said arnored to have
traveled further away than any spread in history, taking spreading
smiles to new heights.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
I gotta tell you, I respect the crew even more
knowing that they're fans of Natella.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yeah, it was pretty funny. And when I first thought,
I was like, is this real? And then I had
to go back on the lives myself because everything you
just don't know these days. If what you see a
viral moment, is it real or not.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
I can't tell you how many things recently, Dana has said,
have you seen this?
Speaker 5 (06:29):
I want to share it.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
I'm not sure it's real, though, Yeah, I want to
wait to make sure.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yes, I'm making sure. So I actually I've had the
live stream up and I just happened to miss that moment.
I've been watching it all afternoon, and so I found
the spot and sure enough on the NASA live stream,
you see this jar of Natella just float by at
the perfect rate.
Speaker 5 (06:49):
And just the way it did it. I mean a'tella like, yeah,
see them.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
I want to see how you spread the Natella in space.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I want to talk to you, Rory, about the Artimist
two moon mission. A historic day yesterday put it into
perspective for us.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Right, let's turn to our space expert data.
Speaker 5 (07:09):
It's true, she's a real space nerd right.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Super into it. I mean, Rory, what stood out to
you yesterday?
Speaker 9 (07:16):
I mean, there was some of the footage. I just
can't wait for the real detailed stuff to come in.
You know, we got that sort of grainy footage because
they have to share the data stream with the life
support systems and the navigation systems in addition to the
scientific research, which is why they sort of got semi
fuzzy imagery, but.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
They can't find the life support systems offer a few
seconds so we can get better footage.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
No, but I'm sure that they have really, really good cameras.
And it was interesting when I was listening to the
live stream. They spent a lot of time communicating back
and forth with mission control about which window to put
which camera in and who was gonna control which camera
and all of it. Before you know, we couldn't communicate
with them for that forty five minutes, kind of.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Like what we do here in the studio with our cameras.
Speaker 9 (07:59):
Soreograph. No, all that stuff that was choreographed beforehand. They
had a list of thirty things that they were supposed
to document the photograph and then read in their observations.
Speaker 8 (08:09):
They wanted exact descriptions.
Speaker 9 (08:11):
They were training them on what to look for so
they could say, oh, look this is much more reflective.
Speaker 8 (08:15):
This is a much more brown area.
Speaker 9 (08:17):
The crevices are steep, or the curves are sharp, and
whatever it may be. So they were training them, the
crew members for months to try to provide that detail.
For all the Moon nerds who are on the science
team now digesting this.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Data Rory, are you more impressed by this this moon
mission and what we're sitting on the far side of
the moon, or like when the James Webb telescope sends
back images of like, you know, the origins of the universe.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
I was talking to my mom about this last night.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
Ye, she's blown away by like the James web telescope
stuff and all that.
Speaker 10 (08:53):
I was just wondering which one you're more interested in
the Yeah, two different things. I think this is much
more of a human achievement. I mean that, and Dana
shared it with the naming the crater after Carol and
like that.
Speaker 8 (09:05):
My question now is do tears go up in space?
Speaker 2 (09:09):
He was wiping them. I don't know. Yeah, that's a really.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
Good but I never thought about direction.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Do they just kind of pop out?
Speaker 4 (09:16):
And right right, that's a good question. What about the
Natella floating by during the live stream.
Speaker 9 (09:24):
I'm about to talk to a guy in New York
who's all upset by them to Tella really product product placement,
and he's convinced this is all green.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Screen, green screen thing. But I think this is real.
Speaker 9 (09:36):
Yeah, of course, of course he thinks he thinks of
Beret is stylish if you know who I'm.
Speaker 4 (09:41):
Talking to, well, just make sure he doesn't say that
to buzz Altrim. He'll get punched right in the face,
all right. Our National choruspondent Ory O'Neil with us this morning. Rory,
thanks so much.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Thanks Ryan, make the Ryan Gorman Chill Podcast up. Were
set on iHeart Radio, presented by Vera and VERA Accident Attorneys, Tampa,
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