The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission — Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — set, on Monday, April 6, 2026, a new record for the furthest distance from Earth ever reached by a human being: 252,757 miles (406,773 km), around the far side of the Moon. They splashed down in the Pacific on Saturday, April 11. Per the NASA post-mission communications schedule, the crew proceeded to Kennedy Space Center for a two-week debriefing period during which they were not to be publicly present.

On Tuesday, April 14, at 2:43 p.m., all four members of the Artemis II crew walked into Hansel & Gretel's Fudge Shoppe at 1138 Bruckenstrasse in downtown Helen, Georgia. They were photographed, by the shop's ceiling-mounted security camera, doing so. They remained on the premises for approximately twelve minutes. They then left.

NASA's Office of Communications has not acknowledged the visit. A request for comment submitted Wednesday morning was not returned by press time. Hansel & Gretel's Fudge Shoppe, however, has acknowledged it. A laminated poster reading "AS SEEN BY MOON ASTRONAUTS," in 48-point Helvetica, appeared in the shop's front window at approximately 3:30 p.m. April 14, per shop owner Elke Müller. It remains there.

Bavarian Brainrot has reviewed the security footage. We have also reviewed the footage from two neighboring businesses — Das Pretzel-Wagen (1136 Bruckenstrasse) and the Helen Christmas Shop (1140 Bruckenstrasse) — which captured, respectively, the crew's approach and departure. The footage was provided under Helen's 2017 streetscape surveillance ordinance, which permits citizen request of downtown security video within 30 days of recording, for a $15 per-camera processing fee.

We present, in chronological order, the eleven things the Artemis II crew did during their twelve minutes inside Hansel & Gretel's Fudge Shoppe.

1. Commander Wiseman entered first, held the door for his three colleagues, and closed it behind them. He removed his sunglasses. He looked at the fudge case.

2. Pilot Glover stood approximately two feet behind Commander Wiseman. He did not remove his sunglasses. He looked at the fudge case.

3. Mission Specialist Koch walked directly to the left side of the fudge case and visually inventoried the contents. She pointed at the maple walnut. She then pointed at the peanut butter ripple. She then turned to Mission Specialist Hansen and made a hand gesture that could not, on review of the footage, be precisely interpreted. Hansen nodded.

4. Mission Specialist Hansen approached the counter and spoke with the attendant, Harlan Müller (18, son of owner Elke Müller). The conversation lasted approximately 45 seconds. Per Harlan Müller's subsequent account to this reporter, Hansen asked "what the fudge situation is today" and inquired about the availability of rocky road. Rocky road was available.

5. Commander Wiseman purchased four quarter-pound slices: one maple walnut, one peanut butter ripple, one rocky road, and one classic chocolate. The total, including Georgia sales tax, was $31.72. Commander Wiseman paid in cash. He used a $50 bill and a $5 bill, and he received $23.28 in change, which he placed in the shop's tip jar in full.

6. Pilot Glover asked where the restroom was. It was in the back. He went there. He returned approximately 90 seconds later.

7. Mission Specialist Koch asked Harlan Müller whether Helen had been built "recently." Harlan Müller, who was 18 and had lived in Helen his entire life, said that it had "been there since 1969, thematically speaking." Mission Specialist Koch thanked him.

8. Mission Specialist Hansen took a photograph of the cuckoo-clock guide">cuckoo clock mounted on the south wall of the shop. He did not appear to take any other photographs.

9. Commander Wiseman held the paper bag containing the four slices of fudge and handed, in order, one slice to Glover, one to Koch, one to Hansen, and kept one for himself. None of the four opened their slice.

10. The crew stood, as a group, in a loose diamond formation in the center of the shop floor for approximately 40 seconds, conversing quietly. No member of the crew, per the footage audio track, mentioned the word "Moon."

11. Commander Wiseman thanked Harlan Müller by name. He did this by reading Harlan Müller's name from Harlan Müller's name tag. The crew then left. The door closed behind them at 2:55 p.m.

Per surveillance footage from the Helen Christmas Shop, the crew walked east on Bruckenstrasse toward the Chattahoochee River pedestrian bridge. Per the Helen Welcome Center's visitor logbook, no member of the Artemis II crew signed in that afternoon. No NASA vehicle was observed in the downtown core. No NASA personnel were observed on Main Street.

Where the crew went next is not known to this publication. What they did with the fudge is also not known.