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US President Donald Trump on Monday called and congratulated the Artemis astronauts circling the Moon for making \u201chistory,\u201d telling them they\u2019ve \u201cmade all America really proud, incredibly proud.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou really are modern-day pioneers \u2014 all of you,\u201d Trump said, before launching into a friendly interview of sorts with the three Americans and one Canadian who are on a historic 10-day mission around Earth\u2019s natural satellite.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got a lot of courage doing what you\u2019re doing,\u201d Trump said, lavishing praise on NASA\u2019s first lunar flyby in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica will be second to none in space and everything we\u2019re doing, and we will continue to lead the whole thing into the stars, this incredible journey into the stars,\u201d Trump said, crediting himself with choosing to save the space program.<\/p>\n Trump then conducted a brief question-and-answer session, asking what the dark side of the moon was like and how it felt to go incommunicado with Earth during that part of the space flight.<\/p>\n \u201cI said a little prayer, but then I had to keep rolling,\u201d Artemis pilot Victor Glover responded. \u201cI was actually recording scientific observations of the far side of the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n