People Can't Believe NASA Responded to Woman's Plea for Help With Tattoo

The Artemis 2 crew-Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen-have returned safely to Earth after completing their journey around the moon, to test deep space systems and pave the way for future landings.

Their recent successful trip to the far side of the moon-where the Artemis 2 astronauts traveled further from Earth than anyone before-has inspired millions around the world.

One person who was deeply inspired by the space trip is Ariel Lynn, who posts to Threads under the username @ariel_lynn34.

She plans to get an Artemis 2-inspired tattoo, and took the chance at reaching out to NASA for help with her vision.

And, in an exchange that has gone viral, the agency has now replied.

On April 14, Ariel wrote to NASA: “PLEASEEEE ask Christina to write ‘Copy, moon joy’ in her handwriting so I can add it to my moon tattoo.”

Ariel added: “It just doesn’t feel the same if I write it…you get it right NASA?”

And the company responded.

“Message received,” the official @nasa Threads account responded. “We’ll see what we can do, but no promises!”

“Copy, moon joy” comes from a discussion on board Artemis 2, where Wiseman described what he was seeing and labeled it “absolutely unbelievable” and “incredible”-to which a mission control officer responded with the now-famous phrase.

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NASA has been using the phrase “moon joy” on its social-media accounts as the Artemis 2 crew approached the moon, and in a post on X described it as “the feeling of intense happiness and excitement that only comes from a mission to the Moon. The Artemis II crew bring us endless Moon joy.”

The Threads exchange had a massive response, with both Ariel and NASA’s comments being liked thousands of times, with one person writing: “Just the fact that @nasa commented that they’ll see what they can do, is awesome. Their engagement has been a great addition to all the moon Joy!”

“I love this so much,” another said, while a third posted that “the social media team of @nasa is so awesome.”

Newsweek has contacted NASA and @ariel_lynn34 for comment on this story.

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This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 6:10 AM.