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Meet the Artemis crew in NASA's first astronaut mission to the moon in more than a half-century

The nearly 10-day mission will test deep-space operations and Orion systems, traveling farther than Apollo missions to prepare for future moon landings and dockings, NASA said.

  • The four astronauts on NASA's next lunar mission, Artemis II, are a diverse crew comprising a woman, a person of color, and a Canadian, reflecting a more diversified astronaut corps than the Apollo era.
  • The Artemis II mission, lasting nearly 10 days, will take the crew thousands of miles deeper into space than the Apollo astronauts, promising unprecedented views of the lunar far side, but they won't land or orbit the moon.
  • The mission's leader, former Navy captain Doug Wiseman, considers solo parenting his biggest challenge as his wife passed away, and the crew includes record-holder for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, Christina Koch.
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Meet the Artemis crew in NASA's astronaut mission to the moon

The four astronauts on the Artemis II flight include Christina Koch of North Carolina, who holds the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman.

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