Artemis Addresses the Moon Mission — and Humanity
By • April 1, 2026 0 292
A press release from Mount Olympus was received April 1. The following is an official statement on the NASA moon mission by the goddess Artemis.
I, Artemis, daughter of Zeus and goddess of the moon, congratulate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the people of the United States of America and the people of Earth upon the successful launch of Artemis II from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as well as their renewed commitment to manned space exploration.
I thank those who see me as a worthy successor to my twin brother Apollo, a master archer like myself. My brother remains quite proud of those lunar landings of the Apollo missions in the 20th century. Your star sailors have not visited my sacred lunar groves in more than 50 years. I bless you and welcome you back to the future, your future.
As the goddess of hunting, virginity, fertility, assistance in childbirth, I am courageous and strong and happy to help humanity. Yet I can also be fiercely vengeful. Woe to those mortals who test me by pushing my boundaries, tossing insults or displaying hubris.
I remember Niobe, Queen of Thebes, who bragged of being superior to my mother Leto, saying she was more beautiful and had more children. Apollo and I drew our golden arrows, killing all 12 children of Niobe, who was turned to stone because of her unyielding arrogance. What I did to Actaeon is recalled in poetry and sculpture. Still, I am told I have become a so-called feminist icon of self-reliance and independence.
I see Orion, my beloved hunting companion, is honored to protect the crew — Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — as his capsule propels to my moon and back home. I am pleased that a woman is part of this historic mission to break your terrestrial bonds and move humanity towards the stars. When Orion died, we sprinkled his essence unto the heavens, where he shines as a constellation.
Your goddess will be watching and protecting. While we Olympians no longer rule or move physically in the sky, earth and seas, we live on in human consciousness. We beseech our earthly children to lift themselves out of their narrow, limiting, hurtful lives and embrace their full divine worth — seeing that their place is among the heavens, too.
I know Artemis II is showing the way.
