Five things we learned from Nasa's Artemis II astronauts

It's been a week since the Nasa's four Artemis II astronauts landed back on Earth.

Mission commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen splashed down last Friday after a 10-day trip beyond the far side of the moon.

After thanking everyone who made the mission possible, the astronauts have been sharing their thoughts on their time in space and what they've been up to since returning home.

According to the crew, they have been getting used to gravity and eating normal food again.

Here's five other things we learned from them, about their mission.

When the Orion spacecraft came back to Earth, and re-entered our planet's atmosphere, it reached speeds of 25,000mph and super-high temperatures about half that of the sun.

However, according to the crew, the whole process went really well.

Mission commander Reid Wiseman explained: "We came in fast, we came in hot and I would tell you looking out the window, that whole way in, it was a very smooth ride."

Pilot Victor Glover added that landing in the ocean felt like jumping off a skyscraper.

"I've never been base jumping, I've never been skydiving, but if you dove off a skyscraper backwards, that's what it felt like for five seconds.

"And then the pilots and the mains came out, and it was glory," Glover added.

The astronauts were asked about the most remarkable experiences of their journey - those that couldn't captured through photos and videos.

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who unlike the others was on his first space flight, answered the question.

He said the crew had many amazing experiences, but what kept grabbing his attention was the "depth of the galaxy" that he hadn't experienced before.

Stars "looked like you could tell where they are in 3D," he explained.

Hansen added that seeing the Moon and Earth from that perspective made him feel "small and powerless, yet powerful together."

Reid Wiseman described the mission as an "unbelievable adventure" and was full of praise for his three fellow crew members.

"We are just we are bonded forever. I mean, that's the closest four humans can be and not be a family," he says, adding that they came back as "best friends".

"Every single person on that crew lifted each other up the entire time," Wiseman added.

He also thanked Nasa and the crew that built the ship, as well as everyone who tuned in to watch the mission.

"Humans are just great people...what I have seen has brought me more joy and more hope for our future," Hansen said.

The astronauts were asked if they have been dreaming of the Moon since coming home.

Christina Koch said she has been sleeping well, however it seems that there are some things which have taken a little longer to get use to again.

"Every time I've been waking up or in the first few days, I thought I was floating... and I had to convince myself I wasn't," she confessed.

She said she was "actually surprised" when she held up a shirt one day and it fell to the floor, instead of floating.

After their amazing achievement, what advice did the four have for budding astronauts and the future Artemis crew who will land on the Moon?

According to Reid Wiseman, "you have got to invest in each other" while Victor Glover added they need to "ask more questions".

Christina Koch said future astronauts to "remember you are part of a team" and to "say congratulations" to the whole team every day.

While Jeremy Hansen said that learning about your rocket is the key and that future astronauts should get to know the spacecraft really well.