Nasa Introduces Crew Members For Historic Artemis Ii Lunar Flyby Mission

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NASA has officially introduced the team of astronauts for its Artemis II lunar flyby mission. The mission, set for launch as early as next year, will mark the first crewed voyage around the Moon since the end of the Apollo era over 50 years ago. The announcement was made at NASA's mission control base in Houston, where officials from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) also joined their US counterparts for the unveiling.
Artemis II will be the debut crewed flight of the Apollo successor program, the Artemis Program. The program aims to return astronauts to the Moon's surface by the end of this decade and establish a sustainable outpost there, creating a stepping stone to human exploration of Mars. The mission will cover a 10-day, 1.4-million-mile (2.3-million-km) journey around the Moon and back.
The newly introduced crew will include the first Canadian astronaut for a Moon mission, as well as three Americans from a pool of 18 NASA astronauts selected for the Artemis program in 2020. The Artemis 18 group was chosen based on diversity, and the crew presented on Monday will most likely include not only the first woman ...
... but also the first person of colour assigned to a lunar mission… Read more…?
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