NASA Artemis II astronauts hold a news conference discussing their moon flyby and mission in space.

All four astronauts who flew on NASA's first human moon mission in more than 50 years will make one of their first public appearances together.

The four astronauts said that they left Earth as friends, but came back as "best friends."

The four astronauts spoke at a news conference Thursday afternoon at Johnson Space Center in Houston about their journey around the moon and back to Earth.

The astronauts held their first news conference Thursday since returning to Earth. They said NASA is in a better position to land a crew on the moon in two years.

The next mission’s right around the corner,” entry flight director Rick Henfling observed following the crew’s Pacific splashdown on Friday.

Artemis III’s yet-to-be -named crew will practice docking their Orion capsule with a lunar lander in orbit around Earth.

It's been almost a week since the Artemis II crew returned to Earth after a nearly 10-day mission to the moon and back, and the four astronauts are reflecting on their time in space.