NASA has named the crew for Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the Artemis program, which will send astronauts on a lunar flyby. The crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. This marks the first time a Canadian astronaut will travel to the Moon.
The Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than November 2024, according to NASA's latest updates. The crew will travel aboard the Orion spacecraft, launched by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and will perform a lunar flyby before returning to Earth. The mission is designed to test the spacecraft's systems with a crew on board.
The announcement was made on April 3, 2023, at a ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew selection reflects NASA's commitment to international collaboration and diversity in space exploration. The Artemis program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2025, with Artemis III being the planned landing mission.
