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乔·沃尔什是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻数字政治部门的高级编辑。他此前曾为《福布斯》报道突发新闻，并在波士顿从事本地新闻工作。
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比尔·哈伍德自1984年起全职报道美国太空项目，最初担任合众国际社卡纳维拉尔角分社社长，现为哥伦比亚广播公司新闻太空顾问。
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更新于：2026年4月6日 / 美国东部时间23:24 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
在周一晚间的一次简短交谈中，特朗普总统告诉美国国家航空航天局阿尔忒弥斯二号任务的机组人员，他们“激励了整个世界”，此前他们完成了一次破纪录的绕月航行。
“今天，你们创造了历史，让所有美国人都深感自豪，”他说道。“人类从未在载人航天器中见过像你们正在做的这样的事情。这真的很特别。”
这四名宇航员——三名美国人与一名加拿大人——周一早些时候在距离地球更远的位置航行，创下了人类最远太空距离纪录，达到距离地球252756英里，比1970年阿波罗13号创下的距离纪录超出了4000多英里。他们也成为首批用肉眼看到月球背面部分区域的人类。
在大约12分钟的通话中，特朗普总统称赞宇航员们的“勇气”和“天赋”，并指出他们的此次任务是美国国家航空航天局半个多世纪以来首次将人类送回月球表面计划的前奏。
“美国是一个开拓边疆的国家，阿尔忒弥斯二号的四名勇敢宇航员……真的是当代先驱，”总统说道，并补充称美国计划下一步“推进火星探索”。
在宇航员们距离地球仅超过25万英里时与他们通话，特朗普总统成为最新一位与宇航员进行超长距离通话的美国总统。这一传统最著名的案例是理查德·尼克松总统在尼尔·阿姆斯特朗和巴兹·奥尔德林登月期间致电他们。
周一的通话似乎在宇航员和总统对话之间存在数秒延迟。对话曾一度中断，特朗普总统评论道：“我想我们可能被切断了。”
总统向四名宇航员询问了他们绕月背面旅程中最难忘的片段。
任务指挥官里德·怀斯曼谈到了有机会亲眼目睹“人类从未见过的景象”。但他表示，当天最大的惊喜是他们观测到了一次日食，并在远处看到了火星。
“我们所有人都表示，看到这个国家和这个星球成为拥有两个宜居星球的物种，我们有多兴奋，”他说道。
任务专家克里斯蒂娜·科赫表示，她最精彩的时刻是在绕月飞行后首次瞥见地球，这一时刻是在通信中断之后到来的。
“这真的让你想起我们拥有的是一个多么特别的星球，也让你明白我们国家……在探索深空方面引领而非追随的重要性，”她说道。
飞行员维克多·格洛弗告诉总统，他们在月球背面的时光“相当惬意”，但机组人员一直在忙于进行详细的科学观测：“我做了一小段祈祷，但随后我不得不继续工作。”
任务专家杰里米·汉森是加拿大航天局的宇航员，他告诉美国总统：“加拿大人为能参与这个项目感到无比自豪。”
特朗普与加拿大的关系一直颇为复杂，但他在周一表达了赞赏，称赞了美国的北部邻国，还称赞了汉森——此时汉森正与他的美国指挥官击掌。总统表示，他曾与两位重要的加拿大人交谈过：总理马克·卡尼和曲棍球传奇人物韦恩·格雷茨基。
“他们为你感到无比骄傲，你非常有勇气。老实说，我不确定他们是否愿意这么做，就连‘伟大的一号’也未必愿意，”特朗普告诉汉森，这里使用了格雷茨基的昵称。
猎户座航天器目前正返回地球，计划于周五在太平洋溅落。
特朗普表示，他们返回后，他希望邀请他们到椭圆形办公室，在那里他计划向他们“致以崇高的敬意”，并请他们签名。
“我其实很少索要签名，但你们值得拥有，”总统说道。
Trump calls Artemis II astronauts “modern-day pioneers” in live conversation after circling the moon
2026-04-06 22:24 EDT / CBS News
By Joe Walsh, Joe Walsh Senior Editor, Politics
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Updated on: April 6, 2026 / 11:24 PM EDT / CBS News
President Trump told the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission they had “inspired the entire world” in a brief chat late Monday, after they looped around the moon in a record-breaking voyage.
“Today, you’ve made history and made all America really proud,” he said. “Humans have never really seen anything quite like what you’re doing in a manned spacecraft. It’s really special.”
The four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — traveled farther from Earth than any human beings in history earlier Monday, reaching a maximum distance from Earth of 252,756 miles, passing the Apollo 13 distance record set in 1970 by over 4,000 miles. They also became the first humans to see parts of the far side of the moon with the naked eye.
In a roughly 12-minute call, Mr. Trump praised the astronauts for their “courage” and “genius” — and noted that their trip is a precursor to NASA’s bid to return humans to the surface of the moon for the first time in over half a century.
“America is a frontier nation, and the four brave astronauts of Artemis II … really are modern-day pioneers,” the president said, adding that the U.S. plans to “push on to Mars” next.
Speaking to the crew when they were just over 250,000 miles from Earth, Mr. Trump is the latest president to make a very-very-very-very-long-distance phone call to astronauts, a tradition most famous for when President Richard Nixon called up Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin while they were on the moon.
Monday’s call appeared to have a delay of several seconds between when the astronauts and the president spoke. The conversation paused at one point, with Mr. Trump remarking, “I think we might’ve gotten cut off.”
The president quizzed the four astronauts on the most unforgettable parts of their journey around the far side of the moon.
The mission’s commander, Reid Wiseman, remarked on the opportunity to lay eyes on “sights that no human has ever seen before.” But he said the day’s biggest surprise came when they watched a solar eclipse and spotted Mars in the distance.
“All of us commented how excited we are to watch this nation and this planet become a two-planet species,” he said.
Mission specialist Christina Koch said her biggest highlight was catching her first glimpses of Earth after passing around the moon, a moment that came after a communications blackout.
“It really just reminds you what a special place we have, and how important it is for our nation … to lead and not follow in exploring deep space,” she said.
Pilot Victor Glover told the president their time on the other side of the moon was “quite nice,” but the crew was busy making detailed scientific observations: “I said a little prayer, but then I had to keep rolling.”
Mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, an astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency, told the U.S. president that “Canadians are so proud to be a part of this program.”
Mr. Trump has had a complicated relationship with Canada, but he was complimentary on Monday, praising both the U.S.’s northern neighbor and Hansen as the astronaut high-fived his American commander. The president said he had spoken with two important Canadians: Prime Minister Mark Carney and retired hockey great Wayne Gretzky.
“They are so proud of you, and you have a lot of courage. I’m not sure if they’d want to do that. I’m not even sure if The Great One would want to do that, to be honest with you,” Mr. Trump told Hansen, using Gretzky’s nickname.
The Orion spacecraft is now headed back toward Earth, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean planned for Friday.
After their return, Mr. Trump said he hopes to invite them to the Oval Office, where he plans to give them “a big salute” and ask for their autographs.
“I don’t really ask for autographs much, but you deserve that,” the president said.
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