NASA announced the composition of the crew of the first manned mission of the lunar program Artemis

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a list of

four astronauts who will be aboard the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar mission.

What is known

American captain appointed as commander of the crewReid Wiseman, US Navy test pilot. He flew the fourth generation F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Hornet fighters and the fifth generation F-35C Lightning II.

The second member of the crew was an American pilotVictor J. Glover, Captain, US Navy. He flew two dozen sorties during the Iranka War and was also a member of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission in 2020.

Also in the crew of Artemis II includedAmerican Christina Hammock Koch (Christina Hammock Koch). She is a US Antarctic Program scientist and holds the record for the longest time spent in space by a woman (328 days 13 hours 58 minutes).


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Finally, the fourth member of the crew isRoyal Canadian Air Force Colonel Jeremy Hansen. He was a fourth-generation CF-18 Hornet carrier-based fighter pilot and has no space flight experience.

Artemis II is the second overall lunar mission.Artemis programs and the first manned mission. It is scheduled for the end of 2024. The SLS Block 1 rocket will send the crewed Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit. The duration of the mission is 10 days.