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One of the first three humans to orbit the Moon in 1968. Commander of Apollo 13, who helped bring his crew home after a near-fatal crisis. Four spaceflights. 715 hours in space. That was Jim Lovell.He passed away on August 7, 2025, at the age of 97. But before he died, he left behind something no one on the Artemis II crew knew about—a message.NASA kept it private. Then, on the sixth day of the mission, as the crew approached the Moon, it was played."Welcome to my old neighborhood."Lovell spoke about Apollo 8—about orbiting the Moon with Frank Borman and Bill Anders on Christmas Eve 1968, as a billion people watched from Earth. He said he was proud to pass the torch. He told them to take it all in.And then, he closed the message the same way that historic broadcast ended 58 years ago:"Godspeed from all of us here on the good Earth."He called each astronaut by name—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen.He never saw Artemis II launch. He never watched them leave the pad. But his words were there—waiting for them at the Moon.📸 NASA #ArtemisProgram #MoonSurface #NASA