Google CEO Sundar Pichai shares post as NASA’s Artemis II moon mission launches with four astronauts

Four astronauts blasted off aboard a NASA rocket on April 1 for a long-waited trip around the moon, America’s first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. Google CEO Sundar Pichai celebrated NASA’s Artemis II liftoff, wishing success to the four-astronaut crew on their 10-day lunar flyby mission. Pichai shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) writing: “And we have liftoff! 🚀 Wishing the best to the Artemis II crew on their incredible journey ahead.” In the post, Pichai also highlighted the inspiring view of earth from space. “Imagining the amazing view they have, looking down at Earth from space would be a beautiful thing,” he wrote.

As mentioned above, Artemis II is America’s first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on board.