NASA's Artemis II crew made history by venturing further than humans had ever gone before, but also achieved another feat: inspiring the rest of America with genuine “moon joy” during their nearly 10-day mission. The crew included a heartwarming ‘80s sitcom intro for space travel, featuring each astronaut as their favorite recurring character, and a message rooted in faith. The baseball-capped plushie Rise was a standout feature of the mission, serving as an indicator of weightlessness and a memory card with over 5.6 million names of people joining the mission. Captain Reid Wiseman lost his wife to cancer in 2020, but the crew held close when they named a lunar crater in honor of her.