Artemis II crew signals a new era of diverse lunar exploration
TL;DR
NASA unveils the Artemis II crew — Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot), Christina Koch (mission specialist) and Jeremy Hansen (CSA mission specialist) — making history with the first woman, first person of color, and first Canadian to head a lunar mission. The roughly 10‑day, 600,000‑mile flight will circumnavigate the Moon aboard Orion/SLS, testing deep‑space capabilities, amid radiation exposure and possible communications blackouts, as NASA gears toward Artemis III and broader journeys to Mars.
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