Hello everyone. Welcome back to CNN 10.
I'm Allison Chinchar in for Koi Wire. If
you were on spring break like we were, I
hope it was fun. Hope you wore your
sunscreen and hope you're feeling ready
to rock a fresh new week. Now, let's get
to your news for this Monday, April
13th. NASA and the rest of the world are
welcoming the Artemis 2 crew back to
Earth. The four astronauts received a
standing ovation when they arrived at
the Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Texas Saturday. They also reunited with
their families after their 10-day
journey around the moon. The Orion
capsule splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
on Friday capped the successful mission.
Speaking publicly for the first time
since their return to Earth, the crew
members described the camaraderie they
shared on their journey to deep space.
>> We are bonded forever and no one down
here is ever going to know what the four
of us just went through. When this
started on April 3rd,
I wanted to thank God in public and I
want to thank God again.
>> What struck me wasn't necessarily just
Earth. It was all the blackness around
it.
Earth was just this lifeboat
hanging
undisturbingly in the universe.
>> When you look up here, you're not
looking at us. We are a mirror
reflecting you.
And if you like what you see, then just
look a little deeper. This is you.
>> These four history makers also broke
several world records. They traveled
farther from Earth than any humans ever
before. They witnessed the far side of
the moon. They even saw a solar eclipse
from behind the moon. Our Pete Montene
has more on the successful return and
what comes next.
>> We heard from NASA officials who said
that the Aremis 2 mission concluded with
incredible accuracy. A successful
splashdown off the coast of San Diego at
5 07 and 27 seconds Pacific time, thus
concluding a 9day 1h hour mission, an
orbit around the moon. Astronauts
Wiseman, Glover, Hansen, and Cook were
all plucked from the Orion capsule one
by one by Navy divers, then hoisted by
helicopters and flown to the deck of the
USS John P. Murtha where we were seeing
them walk unassisted on the flight deck.
This concludes the most dangerous part
of this mission, the re-entry was
surrounded by questions about whether or
not the heat shield and tweaks that NASA
made to the re-entry angle would work
leading up to this re-entry. There was
concern that the heat shield that was
seen on Artemis one would have problems
again in this crude mission. Artemis one
was an uncrrewed mission. Now NASA
engineers will go over the heat shield
of the Orion spacecraft as it's hauled
on board the USS John P. Murtha. NASA
says this is all about the folks behind
the scenes like those at Johnson Space
Flight Center in Houston, which broke
out into a celebration after the six
minute long communications blackout
ended during re-entry. Some pretty big
questions here, but NASA says now they
are focused on landing on the moon. This
massive test flight paves the way for
the Aremis 3 missions in 2027 and then
the Aremis 4 mission in 2028 with the
goal of putting Americans on the moon
again.
>> Now to an update on US and Israel's
ongoing war in Iran and the outsized
impact it's having on the global energy
market. The ongoing conflict has been
felt around the world and is causing
chaos as far away as Ireland. Roughly
onethird of the country's gas stations
have run out of fuel and key roadways
have been blocked as part of protests
over rising fuel costs. Our Ne Kennedy
has more on what's driving the surreal
scenes. This man appears to be walking
to the airport as tractors block roads
across Ireland. Farmers and hollers
across Ireland have been protesting for
4 days over soaring fuel costs. Convoys
of tractors have clogged major roads
across the country from inner city
Dublin to fuel depots that supply much
of the country and it's caused chaos. At
least 250 service stations had
completely run out of fuel on Friday. An
industry body told CNN. Now the
government has even asked the army to be
on standby to help clear blocked roads
amid concerns that emergency services
could be delayed. Protesters say rising
diesel prices are pushing them to the
brink, and that government measures to
cut fuel costs haven't gone far enough,
the price hikes are tied in part to the
war in Iran, which has disrupted oil
supplies.
Time for 10-second trivia. What is a
group of penguins called on land? Is it
a herd, a flock, a colony, or a troop?
Now, if you said colony, happy feet.
Once they're swimming together, the
penguins are often called a raft because
they often float and move as a group on
the water's surface.
Climate change is pushing two iconic
species closer to extinction. Emperor
penguins, for one, and Antarctic fur
seals are now both listed as endangered
by the International Union for the
Conservation of Nature. The animals were
added to the group's red list, the
world's most comprehensive census of
threatened species and their causes of
their decline. Factors like warming
ocean waters, melting sea ice, and
declining food availability are wreaking
havoc on their ecosystem and leading
wildlife experts to sound the alarm.
>> They need that ice. Yes, they swim and
they hunt in the cold waters of
Antarctica, but they need that ice to
nest, to raise their offspring, to
breed, to sleep. And what a loss it
would be to our natural heritage to lose
these species. The same for these the
Cape for seal. They're integral to the
ecosystem in the cold waters of the
south. And the krill that they depend
upon, this is the food that they eat is
going deeper and deeper and literally is
beyond their reach for a creature that
is designed to survive in the wild of a
watery ecosystem.
>> The IUCN report says furs seal
populations have shrunk by more than 50%
since just 1999, and they fear emperor
penguin populations could be cut in half
by the year 2080.
This weekend marked a key date in
Christianity. Sunday was Orthodox
Easter. Now, Orthodox Christians in
parts of Eastern Europe and Asia
celebrate Easter Sunday later than their
Western counterparts due to their use of
the older Julian calendar. And in
Jerusalem, a remarkable event ushered in
the holy holiday. A single flame was
shared by hundreds of worshippers as
they celebrated at one of the faith's
holiest sites. Our Orin Lieberman
attended the Holy Fire ceremony at
Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Supplr
for an upclose look at the ancient
tradition.
>> This is Holy Fire Saturday here inside
the Church of the Holy Supplr and it's
one of the most beautiful ceremonies in
the old city of Jerusalem. It comes one
day before Orthodox Easter. Church
leaders will enter the tomb of Jesus
Christ right here behind me and they
will come out with a flame fire that's
supposed to be lit by the spirit of
Jesus Christ. That single flame as it
comes out is then spread around as you
can see here behind me to worshippers
who have been waiting all morning
chanting saying prayers here inside the
church and then they spread it
throughout not only inside the church
here but the hundreds if not thousands
who are waiting outside. This is a
religious ceremony that has happened for
a thousand years here in Jerusalem and
is it is one of the most remarkable to
see.
>> More than 300 items from Queen Elizabeth
II's wardrobe are now on display in
Buckingham Palace to mark 100 years
since her birth. Queen Elizabeth II her
life in style showcases fashion from
nearly a century of her royal life,
including dresses, tiaras, and even her
wedding necklace. More than half of the
items have never been exhibited before.
The curator says the exhibition explores
every decade of the Queen's life from
birth until her death.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
six-year-old in Pittsburgh is using her
love for coloring to show love for kids
who are battling cancer. Here's the
story. Kayn Lundel heard an ad on the
radio about St. June Children's Hospital
and it stuck with her. Reminder, she's
only six years old. She says it isn't
fair that some kids have to face so much
pain and she wanted to do something
about it. So Kayn and her mom launched
Draw for a Dream and they've organized
art auctions where kids creations are
what's for sale and going to the highest
biders. Bids will start at $100 with
every dollar going to St. Judes,
>> I just don't want their life to be hard
for them. It's not fair for them.
>> Kayn aims to raise $100,000
at the end of this and is hoping her
campaign can make a difference in the
lives of families in need. All right,
superstars. I've got two shoutouts for
you today. First up, Mr. Galloway and
Mr. Malachi at Scott Highlands Middle
School in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Thank
you so much for including us in your
classroom. And we also have a shout out
from Miss Solomon at Sheldon High School
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