Three NASA astronauts and one Canadian astronaut make up the four-person crew. Which includes the first woman and black person to crew a moon mission. The crew members for the Artemis II mission will send people to the moon’s vicinity for the first time in more than 50 years. This was recently announced by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.
The purpose of the 10-day mission, which won’t start until the end of 2024, is to stress the Orion spacecraft’s life-support systems. And to establish the capabilities and procedures required to live and function in deep space in ways only humans can do.
The Artemis II mission is a component of NASA’s “Moon to Mars” strategy for future deep space exploration. Three NASA astronauts and one Canadian astronaut make up the four-person crew. Which also includes the first woman and black person to crew a moon mission.
The mission specialist, Christina Hammock: The first female astronaut to orbit the Moon. 44-year-old Christina of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hammock began her career at the Goddard Space Center for NASA. She created history by completing the first all-female spacewalk in 2019. She also set the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a woman (328 days).
Pilot Victor Glover Jr: 46-year-old former Navy captain from Pomona, California. Last worked as a pilot and second-in-command on the SpaceX Crew Dragon in 2021. He will fly on the first-ever moon mission.
Commander of the mission, G. Reid Wiseman: A 47-year-old flight engineer from Baltimore. He completed his first mission as a flight engineer in 2014 for a 165-day stay aboard the International Space Station.
The mission specialist, Jeremy Hansen: Was the only non-American crew member. 47-year-old from Ontario who is well aware of this. The possibility that the United States could decide to return to the moon alone is not lost on any of us, Hansen remarked on Monday.