United States.- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced to the 4 astronauts who will travel to the Moon as part of the mission “Artemis”.
After half a century of carrying out the “Apollo” missionthe US space agency is working on the space mission that will bring humanity back to the lunar surface.
In the presentation made by NASA profiles of the first female astronaut and the first African-American astronaut stand out to be included in the mission.
It was so that in the framework of a massive act carried out in the johnson center of the US space agency, which is located in Houston, Texas, United Statesthe names of the chosen astronauts were announced.
The launch of the Artemis II missionwhich will have the purpose of venturing humanity to the surroundings of the Moon, is scheduled for 2024, according to what was detailed in the act by Bill Nelson, NASA administrator.
The astronauts who will travel aboard the NASA Orion spacecraft are Gregory Reid Wiseman, as commander; the african american Victor J Glover, as a pilot; as well as mission specialists Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansenthis last astronaut member of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), with Canada being a notable partner of the US agency in the development of Artemis.
The first woman and the first African American to travel to the Moon
Among the team of astronauts that will integrate the Artemis II mission, highlights christina koch, who visited the Space Station in 2019, participating in the first all-female spacewalk. In addition, Victor Glober He was a pilot for the Crew 1 mission contracted to SpaceX to fly to the ISS. He is part of the 2013 NASA Astronaut Class and has more than 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.
For his part, American astronaut Gregory Reid Wiseman He was in command of the NEEMO21 underwater research mission, while he recently served as Chief of Astronauts for the US agency. In addition, he lived and worked on board the Station as a flight engineer in 2014.
Lastly, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hanson He was a fighter pilot before joining the Canada agency. Currently, he works at NASA in astronaut training and mission operations. He points out that Artemis II will be his first mission outside of Earth.
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