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Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

On January 17, 2026, NASA rolled out the Space Launch System rocket with Orion crew capsule to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of an April 1 launch.
The Artemis II crew comprises the first woman, the first Black man, and the first Canadian to travel toward the moon, marking unprecedented diversity in lunar exploration history.
Commander Reid Wiseman leads the four-person team, joined by pilot Victor Glover , Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.
During the 10-day journey, the crew will conduct a lunar flyby, marking the first human travel to the moon since the Apollo era and serving as a critical precursor to future crewed lunar landings.
The Artemis II mission establishes the foundation for sustained human exploration of the lunar surface, positioning NASA at the forefront of next-generation space exploration endeavors.

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