WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Today, the Artemis II crew successfully returned to Earth. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released this statement:
"Congratulations to NASA and the entire Artemis team on an extraordinary mission. The four astronauts who returned safely to Earth today paved the way not only for a return to the Moon, but for a sustained human presence there. When I spoke with the pilot of the Orion spacecraft, Victor Glover yesterday, I was struck by his emphasis on the importance of human exploration itself - that there is something uniquely p...