A top NASA official declared America is “absolutely back” in the space race, as the U.S. races to beat China to the moon under an aggressive Trump push to build a lunar base and eventually plant Old Glory on Mars.

“We are absolutely on an achievable path now,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Saturday.

“There is no question… President Trump gave us the Artemis program that’s currently underway right now during his first term… he gave us the resources to actually execute on an achievable plan through the Working Family Tax Cut Act and the mandate not just to go back to the moon with the national space policy, but to go back, to stay, to build the moon base,” he added.

Isaacman told “Saturday in America” host Kayleigh McEnany that the president has repeatedly told him that NASA should “figure out what we need to do to go to Mars.”

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NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (John Raoux/AP Photo)

“That’s exactly why you build the moon base to master the skills that we can send American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on Mars someday,” he added.

Isaacman said the U.S. is now on a clear trajectory to return astronauts to the lunar surface and stay there.

“We are getting underway building the moon base essentially right now,” he said, noting that Americans will be able to follow along as early as 2027, when NASA begins a near-monthly cadence of robotic missions to the moon’s South Pole.

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The lunar surface fills the frame in sharp detail, as seen during the Artemis II lunar flyby, while a distant Earth sets in the background. This image was captured at 6:41 p.m. EDT, on April 6, 2026, just three minutes before the Orion spacecraft and its crew went behind the Moon and lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes before emerging on the other side. (NASA)

Those missions will lay the groundwork for a sustained American presence beyond Earth, as NASA also builds toward its long-term goal of sending astronauts to Mars.

“[We’re going to be] test[ing] out mobility, crewed mobility, uncrewed mobility, power, navigation and the In-Situ resource manufacturing, which is going be paramount for future missions to Mars.”

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The aggressive timeline comes as China has signaled ambitions to land astronauts on the moon by 2030, setting up a new space race between the world’s two superpowers.

Fox News’ Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.

A day after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the San Diego coast following a historic 10-day mission around the moon, the Artemis II crew took the stage at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, Texas, emotionally reflecting on their time in space and safe return. 

“It’s a special thing to be human, and it’s a special thing to be on planet Earth,” commander Reid Wiseman said, adding that he and his three crew mates are now “bonded forever” before they all hugged. 

“Welcome home Artemis II,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said before introducing the crew members: 

Weisman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen.

“There is there is no doubt there is a price to pay when it comes to exploring the cosmos, but there is also a return, a return in the jobs that creates the technologies that improve life here on earth, and the inspiration that sparks and all those who choose to follow, and to people all around the world who look up and dream about what is possible. The long wait is over,” Isaacman said. “After a brief 53-year intermission, the show goes on and NASA is back in the business of sending astronauts to the moon and bringing them home safely.”

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NASA’s Artemis II mission astronauts mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, left, mission specialist Christina Koch, pilot Victor Glover and commander Reid Wiseman are welcomed home at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Saturday, in Houston, Texas. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP via Getty Images)

Wiseman who spoke first, joked that he had “absolutely no idea what to say.”

“Twenty-four hours ago, the Earth was that big out the window, and we were doing mock 39, and here we are back at Ellington at home,” he said.

Glover said he still hadn’t processed everything, thanking God “because, even bigger than my challenge trying to describe what we went through, the gratitude of seeing what we saw doing what we did, and being with who I was with, it’s too big to just be in one body.” 

Koch reflected that the “start and the end” of the mission were “human moments on Earth.”

“Ten days ago, this journey started with our mission manager, Sean Duvall, knocking on my door in crew quarters and whispering, ‘Christina, We’re go for launch. Get up!’ And it ended last night when my nurse on the ship put me to bed and said, ‘Ma’am, can I get a hug?’”

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Artemis II crew hugs during the welcome home ceremony on Saturday. (KRIV)

She also said she had a new understanding of the meaning of the word “crew” since their mission.

“A crew is people or, you know, a group that is in it all the time, no matter what that is, stroking together every minute with the same purpose that is willing to sacrifice silently for each other,” she said. “That gives grace, that holds accountable. A crew has the same cares and the same needs, and a crew is inescapably, beautifully, dutifully linked. So, when we saw Tiny Earth, people asked our crew what impressions we had, and honestly, what struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it.”

She also now thinks of Earth as a “lifeboat” in a universe of blackness. 

“Planet Earth, you are a crew,” she added. 

The Artemis II crew hugs at the welcome home ceremony on Saturday in Houston. (KRIV)

Hansen expressed his gratitude to all the people who supported them and their mission. 

“And I don’t think people will really ever fully comprehend how well supported and trained we were. It is almost unbelievable,” he said. 

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He added of their crew: “What you saw was a group of people who loved contributing, having meaningful contribution and extracting joy out of that,” he added with his arms around his crew members. 

“I would suggest to you that when you look up here, you’re not looking at us,” he continued. “We are a mirror reflecting you. And if you like what you see, then just look a little deeper. This is you.”

Snack to the future?

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman foretold his historic voyage to the moon in 2017 after opening a fortune cookie that predicted he would travel to a “strange place.” An X post showing the spaceman holding the prescient pastry’s prophecy is taking off online.

“A visit to a strange place will bring you renewed perspective,” reads the oracular cookie’s forecast, along with the lucky numbers 47, 31, 22, 9, 19, and 35.

In the caption, Wiseman wrote that he chose to “believe the fortune” and that the so-called voyage would perhaps entail a trip to the “moon or a #JourneyToMars.

While it may have seemed like a humorous distraction at the time, the confection’s prophecy would seemingly come true less than a decade later.

On Monday, Reid and his crew — Victor Glover, Christina Koch ⁠and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — traveled the farthest anyone has gone into space after flying a staggering 252,756 miles from Earth during their historic tour of the moon.

In doing so, they eclipsed the record of 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13 in 1970. During this latest fly-by, the intrepid Artemis squad gazed upon swaths of the moon’s far side never before seen by human eyes

Fans of the mission were awestruck over how well the fortune had foretold Reid’s future.

“Hey, you’re gonna be shocked when I say this but … this is you on the way to the moon,” shared one viewer, along with a pic of Reid and his fellow astronauts phoning home from the cosmos.

“I’m from the future, boy do I have news for you,” said another.

“That’s one fortune cookie that delivered on a cosmic scale,” added a third.

Others observed that the numbers 47 and 22 are considered lucky across many cultures.

NASA also weighed in on Reid’s “good fortune,” sharing his X post with checkmarks next to “Strange place” and “New perspective” to suggest that the prediction had come to life.

Others wished him well on his return flight.

“What a beautiful fortune to have come true,” gushed one fan. “Congrats Reid, and have safe travels back home.”

The Artemis II has since departed the moon’s gravitational pull and is currently en route back to Earth with the projected “splashdown” slated for 8:07 p.m on Friday, if everything goes according to plan.

Perhaps the most moving moment of the voyage came when, after breaking Apollo 13’s record, members of the crew asked to name one of the newly observed lunar craters after Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll.

She died of cancer in 2020, leaving behind Wiseman and two daughters.

“A number of years ago, we started this journey in our close-knit astronaut family, and we lost a loved one,” Jeremy Hansen told NASA’s mission control in Houston during a Monday call as Wiseman cried along with the mission’s other two crew members. “There’s a feature in a really neat place on the moon, and it is on the near side-far side boundary.”

“It’s a bright spot on the moon, and we would like to call that Carroll,” he added, with Houston appearing to agree to the request.

The crew also requested that another crater be named after their capsule, Integrity.

NASA unveiled the first-ever photo of Earth from the far side of the moon after a flyby Tuesday, taken by the Artemis II astronauts that President Donald Trump hailed in a phone call as “modern-day pioneers.”

The historic image, taken for the very first time by human beings from this exact perspective, was compared by NASA to the iconic “Earthrise” photo taken by astronaut Bill Anders from the Apollo 8 mission nearly 60 years ago.

NASA dubbed the photo “Earthset,” as a callback to the 1968 photo.

“Humanity, from the other side,” The White House wrote in a post sharing the photo on X. “First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon.”

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“Earthset” is captured through the Orion spacecraft window Monday during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the moon. (NASA)

Trump took a call with the astronauts on the Artemis II mission late Monday, saying: “Today you’ve made history and made all of America really proud. Incredibly proud.”

“Humans have really never seen anything quite like what you’re doing in a manned spacecraft. It’s really special,” Trump added. “I want to personally salute and congratulate Commander Reid Weissman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.“

NASA reported that the Earthset photo was captured through the window of the Orion spacecraft around 7 p.m. ET on Monday during a flyby of the moon, without giving any of the four Artemis II crew members specific photographer’s credit.

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NASA described the view from the photo as a “muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface.”

“The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime,” NASA wrote. “On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region.”

The Orion holds 32 cameras, according to NASA. Fifteen cameras are fixed to the spacecraft, and 17 are handheld by crew members.

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The lunar surface fills the frame in sharp detail, as seen during the Artemis II lunar flyby on Monday. (NASA)

Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch remarked upon the beauty of the Earth from the crew’s unique vantage point, calling it “special.”

“The thing that changed for me, looking back at Earth, was that I found myself noticing not only the beauty of the Earth, but how much blackness there was around it and how it just made it even more special,” Koch recalled.

The Artemis II astronauts begin their journey back to Earth Tuesday, with the crew expected to travel a total of 695,081 miles total from launch to splashdown. Their mission is projected to be over 4,000 miles further from the Earth than Apollo 13.

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The Artemis II capsule is projected to make its West Coast splashdown early Friday evening off the coast near San Diego.

“Your mission paves the way for America’s return to the lunar surface very soon,” Trump told the Artemis II crew.

Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Landon Mion contributed to this reporting.

Nutella is capitalizing on what internet users are calling the greatest free advertising moment in history. 

A tub of the beloved chocolate-hazelnut spread has achieved liftoff — not just into space, but straight into viral fame.

The scene unfolded aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission, where a tub of Nutella casually floated out of the spacecraft’s kitchen like it had a call time and a lighting crew. In zero gravity, the jar drifted, turned, and practically posed — label-forward, perfectly framed — delivering a product shot so pristine it looked storyboarded.

Within hours, the clip rocketed across social media, with users marveling at what many say no marketing team on Earth could ever replicate.

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The jar of Nutella perfectly floated by during a NASA livestream of the Artemis II Moon mission. (NASA)

“The greatest free advert in history,” one user joked. 

“Nutella may have just got the greatest ad… ALL FOR FREE!” another account quipped.

Another commented: “Nutella just got the most bada– free ad in maybe human history.”

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The clip caught the attention of Nutella’s marketing team. The brand shared video of the delicious advertising accident, writing: “Honored to have traveled further than any spread in history. Taking spreading smiles to new heights.” It included spaceship and heart emojis in the post that’s been viewed nearly 200,000 times as of Monday evening.

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center got in on the fun, writing in a post on X: “Enjoying sweet treats while our Artemis crew takes sweet photos of the Moon!”

The jar of chocolatey comfort’s primetime showcase happened about four minutes before the Artemis II crew made history Monday, surpassing Apollo 13’s 1970 distance record of 248,655 miles from Earth.

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The jar of Nutella perfectly floated into frame, showing off it’s label like it was a planned advertisement for the sweet spread. (NASA)

The Artemis II crew safely regained contact with mission control after a planned 40-minute communications blackout as their Orion spacecraft passed behind the Moon’s far side on Monday. 

During the blackout, the astronauts became the most isolated humans in history, while also making their closest approach to the Moon at roughly 4,057 miles above its surface.

After reestablishing contact around 7:25 p.m. ET, the mission continued with another historic moment: astronauts observed a rare solar eclipse from near the Moon, capturing images of the Sun’s corona and multiple planets during the flyby.

NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Chris O’Meara/AP)

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It will now take four days for the crew to return home to Earth. The capsule will aim for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on April 10, nine days after its Florida launch.

The crew is made up of four astronauts: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency.

Fox News Digital reached out to Nutella’s parent company, Ferrero, for comment but has not yet heard back.

Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover reflected on “the beauty of creation” as he delivered a message of faith and unity from deep space this weekend.

Glover, the pilot of the historic lunar mission, was asked by CBS News Saturday about observing the Easter holiday while traveling away from Earth.

“I don’t have anything prepared. I’m glad you brought it up, though; I think these observances are important,” Glover responded.

Invoking the Bible and humanity’s place in the cosmos, Glover shared his perspective on the uniqueness of Earth.

The Artemis II crew, from left, Canadien astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch and pilot Victor Glover as they appear on a video conference from the moon’s orbit Thursday, April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP)

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“As we are so far from Earth and looking at the beauty of creation, I think, for me, one of the really important personal perspectives that I have up here is I can really see the Earth as one thing,” Glover said. “When I read the Bible and I look at all the amazing things that were done for us… You guys are talking to us because we’re in a spaceship really far from earth, but you’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe and the cosmos.”

Glover emphasized how precious human life is while marveling at the planet’s place in the universe.

“Maybe the distance we are from you makes you think what we’re doing is special, but we’re the same distance from you. And I’m trying to tell you — just trust me — you are special,” he said. “In all of this emptiness — this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe — you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.”

This image provided by NASA, astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon on Thursday, April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP) (NASA via AP)

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He said the holiday was an opportunity to reflect on a shared responsibility for unity, regardless of religious background.

“I think, as we go into Easter Sunday, thinking about all the cultures all around the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing, and that we’ve gotta get through this together.”

The Artemis II crew includes NASA Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen. The team is making humanity’s first journey to the moon since 1972, following a flight path similar to that of Apollo 13.

On Sunday, the crew sent additional Easter greetings and revealed they had celebrated by hiding “eggs” around the spacecraft.

Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover attend a welcome ceremony at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 27, 2026, ahead of the Artemis II mission launch scheduled for April 1, 2026. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP)

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“We wanted to take a minute to commemorate the holiday that we have at this time of year, something that many religions and many cultures hold dear,” Koch said. “We did hide a few eggs around the cabin. They were the dehydrated scrambled egg variety, but we were all pretty happy with them.”

Hansen also shared a message, emphasizing love as a universal value.

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“Happy Easter everyone,” he said. “We’re talking up here as a crew and we did want to send a special Easter message on this day and, no matter your faith or religion, for me the teachings of Jesus were always a very simple truth of love, universal love.”

NASA’s Artemis II crew is on its way to the moon, giving Americans a firsthand look at life aboard the spacecraft as they travel farther from Earth than any crew in more than half a century.

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch of the U.S., along with Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, boarded the 322-foot-tall Orion spacecraft and lifted off at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II crew is expected to travel around the moon and back.

Speaking with Fox News’ Trace Gallagher Thursday night, the four-person crew described what it is like to be part of a mission set to carry astronauts farther from Earth than any crewed flight since the Apollo era — and what life aboard Orion is like as they begin their 10-day journey.

“There is no difference between up and down, and so, yes, I’ve been sleeping with my feet there and my head down here, and it’s very comfortable,” said mission specialist Christina Koch. “I think I’ll probably stay there the whole mission unless someone kicks me out. We’re finding out how to make this space capsule a home.”

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The Artemis II crew, from left, Canadian astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch and pilot Victor Glover as they appear on a video conference from the moon’s orbit Thursday, April 2, 2026. (NASA via AP)

Pilot Victor Glover said he was surprised when the crew got the “go for launch,” turning the mission into reality.

“We like to say that we’re prepared without having an expectation, but you know in the back of your mind, you kind of hope you launch,” he explained. “And then when we got really close, it was like, wait, we’re getting ready to go to space. And when those solids lit, you know, it was a ride where you’re trying to be professional, but the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler.”

Glover credited NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team and launch control team, who have been preparing for the mission for months.

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Artemis II rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. This is the first time in 50 years NASA will send astronauts on a flight around the moon.  (Credit: NASA)

“It was an example of how hard they’ve been working lately that we launched,” he said. “Even though we didn’t get to really watch, but it felt beautiful.”

As the crew answered questions, they passed around a floating microphone in zero gravity. The crew had just completed a trans-lunar injection burn, committing the mission to a trajectory toward the moon.

“We are definitely 100% on our way to the moon,” commander Reid Wiseman said. “The lunar gravity will take over in a couple of days here and start pulling us around the far side.”

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From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch participate in a media gathering on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, outside the Canadian Embassy in Washington. (NASA/Keegan Barber)

Wiseman highlighted the significance of the Artemis II mission.

“At the end of our trans-lunar injection here, about an hour and a half ago, we just really looked at each other. And I know the United States has done this 1968 through 1972, but it’s just – this is unbelievable that we can put our minds to something and pull it off. This is an unbelievable technical accomplishment,” he said.

Koch added that the crew was proud that it was traveling farther from Earth than any crewed mission in more than 50 years.

“We are not necessarily a crew that lives on superlatives, but it is a milestone that’s important,” she said. “It’s important that people can understand and wrap their heads around what is the latest in what we’re doing? What does this mean relative to what we’ve done in the past? What are we gonna be pushing for into the future?”

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The Artemis II crew was launched toward the moon on Thursday after a nearly 5-minute burn set the Orion spacecraft on a trajectory out of Earth’s orbit for the nearly 8-day flight to the lunar object and back. (NASA)

Artemis II follows the uncrewed Artemis I test flight and marks a major step toward future missions, including Artemis III, which is expected to involve a lunar lander from SpaceX, Blue Origin or both, according to NASA.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.

NASA’s first lunar voyage in decades stole the spotlight at a Florida softball game Wednesday night, as players from both teams paused in astonishment while four astronauts embarked on a journey around the moon.

Florida Gators utility player Madison Walker pointed to the sky, and Stetson University freshman Gaby Bauer stood at home plate in awe as the Artemis II moon rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center just before 7 p.m.

After the excitement settled, the No. 7 seed Florida went on to rout its in-state rival 8–2, marking the Gators’ 14th straight win over Stetson dating back to 2006. (IMAGN/ AP Newsroom)

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The game at Patricia Wilson Field in DeLand, Florida, was only an hour away from the launch site, but the rocket could still be seen making its way through the sky on a trip expected to last about 10 days. 

After the excitement settled, the No. 7 seed Florida went on to rout its in-state rival 8–2, marking the Gators’ 14th straight win over Stetson dating back to 2006.

NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-B in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 1, 2026. (Chris O’Meara/AP)

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 Meanwhile, the historic lunar trip captivated most of the country on Wednesday.

Three Americans and one Canadian took off from the Kennedy Space Center to the moon some 248,000 miles away. The crew will sail past the moon another 4,000 miles before making a U-turn and returning home.

Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover attend a welcome ceremony at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 27, 2026, ahead of the Artemis II mission launch scheduled for April 1, 2026. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP)

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