NASA has selected the astronaut crew of the Artemis II mission, planned for 2024, the final test before a planned moon landing mission in 2025
The crew of the Artemis II mission : Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman , Victor Glover and Jeremy HansenNASA has selected the astronauts for its Artemis II mission, which is planned for late 2024.
This mission will take the four crew members in a figure of eight around the moon, the first timeThe mission’s commander will be Reid Wiseman, who was NASA’s chief astronaut until November 2022 – meaning it is likely he was in charge of selecting the crew for Artemis II. He has been to space once before, travelling to the International Space Station in 2014.in 2020, the first operational mission of the commercial crew programme, and is a test pilot by trade.
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