Four astronauts flew to the Moon and came back. The toilet misbehaved twice, a helium valve leaked, 16 million people watched instead of billions, and Loki has reviewed the telemetry. Everything went exactly as planned.

In which NASA launches four humans beyond low Earth orbit for the first time in 53 years, does it on April Fools' Day, and Loki is forced to conclude that the universe has been sitting on this punchline since 1972.