US EditionMeet the Artemis II Crew in NASA's First Astronaut Mission to the Moon in More than a Half-Century
Artemis II will orbit the Moon with a four-person crew including the first Canadian and first woman on a lunar mission, testing systems for future landings.
- NASA's Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch as early as Wednesday, April 1, carrying four astronauts on a roughly 10-day journey around the Moon to test the Orion spacecraft.
- Commander Reid Wiseman, a retired Navy captain from Baltimore, leads the crew after serving as NASA's chief astronaut when selected three years ago to command humanity's first lunar trip since 1972.
- Joining the crew are Pilot Victor Glover, who will become the first Black man to travel to the Moon; mission specialist Christina Koch, holding the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman at 328 days; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, the first Canadian to reach the Moon.
- At Kennedy Space Centre, crews are reviewing emergency procedures ahead of liftoff. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, said "we are getting very, very close, and we are ready."
- None of the crew members were alive during the historic Apollo program, which sent 24 astronauts to the Moon. This mission establishes a new benchmark for human spaceflight, testing systems necessary for future lunar landings.
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