The Artemis II group gained a brand new member Friday, and the crew made positive their youngest teammate had the appropriate stuff for house.
When the Artemis crew launched from Florida final month, Jack, a 5-year-old aspiring astronaut from Atlanta, advised CBS Information he is “so obsessive about house” and wore his personal spacesuit for the launch. The go well with bore the rank of commander, so CBS Information’ Rob Marciano gave Jack a nickname: Commander Jack.
Commander Jack, wearing his white spacesuit, joined “CBS Mornings” Friday for a city corridor occasion with the Artemis crew, and the astronauts had a shock for him.
Mission specialist Christina Koch introduced Jack with an orange spacesuit matching those the astronauts wore throughout the mission.
“It says commander identical to yours, so you’ll be able to nonetheless preserve your title,” Koch mentioned.
The spacesuit was signed by the crew, however one other function of the go well with caught Jack’s eye.
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“It says NASA!” Jack exclaimed.
“We wish to have you ever on our group,” Koch mentioned. “What do you assume?”
Jack gave a thumbs-up, rushed over to his dad and mom for a hug after which thanked Koch with a hug as nicely.
“Jack has been vastly impressed by this mission and by all of you,” Jack’s mother advised the astronauts. “So thanks a lot for the whole lot you are doing, clearly not only for Jack, however for all of humanity.”
