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Qué significa ver la Tierra desde el espacio: la emoción de los astronautas de Artemis II tras su regreso

Hubo aplausos, risas y llanto. El reciente regreso de los astronautas de Artemis II ofreció una ventana única a las emociones de quienes contemplaron la Tierra desde el espacio. En una conferencia realizada este sábado en el Centro Espacial Johnson de la NASA, la tripulación expuso cómo el vuelo tripulado transformó su manera de percibir el planeta y a la humanidad. El viaje, con más de 252.000 millas recorridas alrededor de la Luna, estableció el récord de mayor distancia alcanzada en la historia de los viajes espaciales.
A menos de 24 horas de regresar, los astronautas describieron que ver la Tierra desde la órbita lunar provocó una conciencia profunda sobre la vulnerabilidad del planeta y el sentido de unidad de quienes lo habitan. Al observar a la Tierra aislada en la oscuridad absoluta, experimentaron una reflexión sobre la fragilidad de la vida y la pertenencia compartida a un hogar común.
El equipo manifestó que la visión alteró profundamente su percepción. Relataron que el planeta, pequeño en la inmensidad del espacio, se asemejaba a un bote salvavidas rodeado de la oscuridad. La experiencia reforzó en ellos el sentimiento de responsabilidad colectiva y conexión con el hogar de la humanidad.
El impacto de ver la Tierra desde el espacio
Para la tripulación de Artemis II, observar la Tierra a la distancia fue una vivencia que superó cualquier imagen conocida. Christina Koch señaló que el planeta parecía diminuto en medio de la “oscuridad del espacio” y evocaba la idea de estar a bordo de un “bote salvavidas” en un océano vacío.
La percepción de unidad y vulnerabilidad emergió como un tema común. Las imágenes de la nave cruzando la órbita lunar recordaron a la tripulación que todos los seres humanos comparten una sola travesía y un destino colectivo en el “planeta Tierra”.
Victor Glover hizo énfasis en el valor de la experiencia y en la importancia del grupo: “Haber visto lo que vimos, haber hecho lo que hicimos y haber estado con quienes estuvimos… Es inmenso”. Los familiares y asistentes, emocionados por sus palabras, los ovacionaron y abrazaron.
El factor humano y la unión del equipo
Además del logro tecnológico, las historias de solidaridad y empatía se destacaron entre los recuerdos del viaje. Christina Koch evocó los gestos simples que marcaron la misión, desde la llamada de su coordinador antes del lanzamiento hasta el abrazo solicitado por una enfermera al regresar.
“Hace diez días, este viaje comenzó cuando nuestro coordinador de la misión llamó a mi puerta. Y terminó anoche cuando mi enfermera en el barco me acostó y me dijo: ‘Señora, ¿me da un abrazo?’”, rememoró con la voz entrecortada de la emoción.
El vínculo entre los miembros de la tripulación se fortaleció en las situaciones de mayor exigencia. Reid Wiseman, comandante del equipo, subrayó el compromiso y el sacrificio mutuo, señalando que en las circunstancias extremas todos priorizaron el bienestar colectivo. “No sé qué decir. Hace 24 horas veía a la Tierra por la ventana, del tamaño de una pelota, y ahora estamos de vuelta en casa”, comparó.
“Sentía como que estaba a punto de realizar el sueño más grande de la vida. Pero cuando estás ahí arriba, solo querés volver a estar con tu familia. No saben lo difícil que es”, agregó.
Por último, el astronauta canadiense y especialista de misión Jeremy Hansen tomó la palabra para compartir su experiencia personal. “Allá arriba había mucha alegría”, comentó, aunque añadió en tono de broma que no siempre se encontraban “en el tren de la alegría”. También quiso referirse al concepto de “amor” y dirigió un mensaje al público: “Cuando mirás hacia arriba, no nos estás mirando a nosotros. Somos un espejo que te refleja”.
Así fue el amerizaje de Artemis II
El amerizaje de la misión Artemis II se produjo este viernes a las 21:07 (hora Argentina) en el Océano Pacífico, tras completar un viaje de 9 días, 1 hora y 32 minutos. La cápsula de la nave Orión regresó a la Tierra luego de recorrer más de un millón de kilómetros y ejecutar una maniobra de reingreso que puso a prueba los límites tecnológicos y humanos del programa lunar de la NASA.
El descenso comenzó con el desacople de Orión del módulo europeo de servicio, dejando expuesto el escudo térmico. La tripulación se preparó para atravesar la atmósfera terrestre a 40.000 km/h, soportando temperaturas de hasta 2.700 ºC.
Durante seis minutos, las comunicaciones permanecieron cortadas, lo que generó incertidumbre entre los equipos de control y el público. A 8.077 metros sobre el océano, la cápsula redujo su velocidad a 523 km/h. En ese punto se activaron los sistemas pirotécnicos para el despliegue secuencial de los paracaídas: primero los paracaídas de la cubierta de la bahía delantera, luego los de frenado y finalmente los principales, que desaceleraron la cápsula a menos de 32 km/h, una velocidad adecuada para el contacto con el agua.
Uno de los desafíos principales fue el rendimiento del escudo térmico, una estructura reforzada con titanio y bloques de Avcoat. El objetivo era evitar daños como los registrados durante el reingreso de Artemis I, cuando se detectaron fragmentaciones en la cápsula no tripulada. En esta ocasión, el escudo resistió temperaturas superiores a 2.760 ºC, más del doble de la lava volcánica y cerca de la mitad de la temperatura superficial del Sol.
Dentro de la cápsula, los astronautas enfrentaron la etapa final concentrados en los procedimientos y el monitoreo de los sistemas. Al amerizar frente a las costas de San Diego, California, la misión Artemis II completó con éxito una etapa clave para el futuro de la exploración lunar y el avance hacia nuevas metas en la exploración espacial tripulada.
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Iran releases 2 French citizens after ‘three and a half years of detention,’ Macron says

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Iranian activist Sheyda Rahbari details the surge in executions of political dissidents by the terrorist Islamic regime. She notes the regime’s increasing pressure on its people, openly threatening them with arrest and execution. Rahbari cites the execution of an 18-year-old protestor, Amir Hussein Hamedi, as a heartbreaking example of the regime’s brutality.
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French nationals Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris were released by Iran on Tuesday after «three and a half years of detention,» President Emmanuel Macron announced.
The pair, who were arrested in May 2022 while visiting Iran, were accused by Iranian state television of being spies who sought to stir up unrest, according to Reuters. France previously denounced their detention as unjustified and unfounded.
«Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on their way to French territory, after three and a half years of detention in Iran. This is a relief for all of us and obviously for their families,» Macron wrote on X.
«Thank you to the Omani authorities for their mediation efforts, to the State services, and to the citizens who mobilized tirelessly and thus contributed to their return,» he added.
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A woman walks past posters of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, during support rallies outside the National Assembly in Paris on May 7, 2025, marking their three-year detention and demanding their release. (Abdul Saboor/Reuters)
The nonprofit United Against Nuclear Iran described Kohler as the head of a federation of teachers unions in France, with Paris being her partner.
France’s foreign ministry said last May that Kohler and Paris were being detained as «state hostages by the Islamic Republic of Iran.»
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French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference on July 10, 2025, in London, England. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
«They are being held in shameful conditions and have been able to receive only four consular visits, under very restrictive conditions,» the ministry said at the time.
Iranian authorities freed the pair from prison in November but didn’t let them leave the country, according to The Associated Press.

Noemie Kohler, sister of Cecile Kohler, and Anne-Laure Paris, daughter of Jacques Paris, attend a press conference in Paris, France, on June 27, 2025. Both are relatives of French citizens held in Iran. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
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French officials said they were then being kept safe at the French Embassy in Tehran, until their departure from Iran on Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Wes Moore preemptively unloads on Baltimore Sun ahead of expose, as spox beefs with ‘right wing’ ownership

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Before The Baltimore Sun published a word of its reported investigation into Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s record, the Democrat state leader and his team were already blasting the paper’s new ownership as «right-wing» and cozy with President Donald Trump.
The Baltimore Sun, which was purchased by Sinclair executive chairman David D. Smith in 2024, is reportedly examining Moore’s military record, scholastic sports tenure and other parts of his background, Semafor reported earlier this week, citing the Sun has brought on investigative reporters from sister outlets under the Sinclair umbrella.
«It’s actually a very sad day because the Baltimore Sun used to be our paper of record. It’s now become the paper of the right wing,» Moore told former Biden spokeswoman Jen Psaki in a recent interview, after Psaki noted the Sun was purchased in 2024 by Smith.
Moore, who has downplayed talks of a 2028 presidential bid, has previously faced scrutiny for listing a Bronze Star on a Bush-era White House fellowship application before he received the award, as well as questions about the depth of his Baltimore roots during his 2022 race against then-Gov. Larry Hogan. Moore ultimately received the Bronze Star in 2024.
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«[Y]ou’ve had a MAGA billionaire who is now currying favor for [President Donald Trump] and utilizing what used to be a prized paper for our region and now turning it to something that is not much more than right-wing drivel,» Moore said.
The governor added that Army members he served with don’t question his integrity in the same way and that Smith is the «canary in the coalmine» for wealthy conservatives trying to use their resources to please Trump, including using the media.
The interview elicited a lengthy rebuttal from the managing editor of the Smith-linked outlet investigating Moore: Spotlight on Maryland. The outlet is a collaboration between the Sinclair-owned FOX affiliate in Baltimore, ABC affiliate in Washington and the Sun.
«Democrats sure are putting in a lot of work to discredit a series before it’s even started running. That alone should raise a question: why?,» Spotlight on Maryland managing editor Candy Woodall tweeted, captioning Moore’s interview.
Woodall claimed Moore’s office threatened to disseminate files to «every media reporter» to try to discredit her investigation.
«We saw the same playbook in 2022 when a FOX-45 reporter asked why Moore allowed claims that he had received a Bronze Star that he didn’t have at the time. His team accused the reporter and media outlet of bias and a smear campaign,» she wrote.
«Two years later, after the New York Times wrote about the Bronze Star Moore hadn’t received, the narrative changed, and the governor said it was ‘an honest mistake’. In an August 2024 statement on his military record, Moore acknowledged he knew before leaving Afghanistan that he had not received the award.»
In that statement, Moore said his deputy brigade commander encouraged him to apply for a White House fellowship and simultaneously recommended him for a Bronze Star and told him to include that on his application.

Wes Moore, governor of Maryland, during an announcement in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg)
He added that in his officer evaluation, his superiors ranked him in the top 1% of Operation Enduring Freedom officers and called him «the best lieutenant I’ve encountered…» before later noting he «sincerely wish[ed he] had gone back to correct the note on my application.»
Woodall pushed back again in her tweet, saying that her journalists’ loyalties aren’t to officials but to Marylanders and that her team sent «hundreds» of questions to Moore and his staff to scant responses.
She claimed a Moore official admitted Spotlight doesn’t deserve to be treated like a news outlet and «nothing that comes out of Sinclair should be taken seriously.»
«If you want to know more, keep reading The Baltimore Sun, a 200-year-old newspaper that has survived many governors,» she quipped.
When asked for a response, Moore press secretary Ammar Moussa told Fox News Digital that «in light of revelations that Sinclair owner and Trump-donor David Smith is personally involved in Spotlight on Maryland’s reporting, what is the extent of Sinclair owner and Donald Trump ally David Smith’s influence in the FOX-45 and Baltimore Sun newsrooms?»
He also said Spotlight reporter Gary Collins is «not a journalist,» directing Fox News Digital to an X response to Collins, criticizing him as a former Maryland Republican Party official «working at the direction of your Trump-supporting boss.»
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«I will continue to report facts, just like my colleagues do,» Collins said.
Collins had also published a March 26 report on a roundtable Moore participated in near a Washington County warehouse rumored to be destined as an ICE facility.
Collins’ piece noted Moore’s complaint about the feds’ «lack of transparency» and contrasted it with what he said was a similar dynamic in Annapolis.
«[Moore’s] administration has yet to release full documentation tied to his military record, academic history, and prior credentials — records Spotlight On Maryland has requested for months,» Collins wrote, going on to scribe that Sun co-owner and Moore friend Armstrong Williams penned a column calling on the governor to «tell the truth and release the facts.»
Moussa also took aim at Woodall, asking her if Smith was behind her lengthy tweet.
«Did your Trump-supporting boss write this? Or does he only monitor your emails?» Moussa said.
Smith previously ruffled feathers on the left when Sinclair pulled «Jimmy Kimmel Live!» from its lineup following the controversial comic’s reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder. Sinclair is reportedly the largest owner of affiliates of ABC – the network that employs Kimmel.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Sinclair and Smith for additional comment on Friday.
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