Will not make a decision until after leaving office next month he s committee raised over $1 million. and historic artemis i mission. the orion spacecraft yesterday shattered records after traveling 270,000 miles away from earth. the furthest distance any spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever traveled. now, this flight has no crew. it s a test in anticipation of returning humans to the moon. and coming up, top republicans in congress take different approaches to the latest controversy surrounding donald trump. plus, roger bennett will be here to break down team usa s big win at the world cup. morning joe will be right back.
From him yet, he doesn t have a publicist or attorney representing him on this matter. let s not forget that kanye west does like to come out piublicaly and talk about all of this. we could hear something soon we just haven t heard yet. that s the problem with giving him a platform. i know people who are very high pro profile positions and when they re going through things you don t exacerbate it by offering them more opportunities to hurt themselves in the media. you know what i m saying? yes. thank you, appreciate it. the artemis i mission making the closest approach to the moon this week and the pictures are worth the trip. plus actress margot robby revealing what she did to calm her nerves before shooting a scene with leonardo dicaprio.
that s 81 miles? yeah. that s the closest approach. it s again, just the start. the goal is to learn from these images and this first flight, this is artemis i, a year or two from now artemis ii is going to take a crew up, they re not going to land. and maybe 2025, artemis iii, i think beyond 2025, frankly. will land the first woman, first person of color on the moon, that s the goal. and then and we can test out all the technology again that needs to make it selfafe and then ultimay on to mars. this is fascinating. obviously there s some kind of life out there but we probably just don t know how to recognize
Thanks, adam, appreciate it. griff: that s a lot of snow. meanwhile, we ve got the first image sent back to earth from the current artemis i mission to fly past the moon. that s next.
welcome back to our town hall with former president, vice pence. he just witnessed a launch of the moon mission. he is a democrat who volunteered for the party any voted for joe biden, james. hi james. mister vice president, thank you for coming to new york. this morning, nasa launched, successfully launched the historic artemis i mission, bringing american back to the moon. as vice president, you lead the reestablishment of the national space council and i know the artemis program was a big focus. what do you think the role of america should be in space in the coming decades, and how can we continue bipartisan support for our nation s great space program? well james, thank you for the question. i tweeted about artemis i this morning. i couldn t be more excited. i want to send my thanks and appreciation to nasa, and all of the great companies that work with them to send that extraordinary rocket on a path around the moon. really setting