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Friday, April 07, 2023

Crew Announcement & Celebrations | NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Astronauts

Crew Announcement & Celebrations | NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission Astronauts

 

From left: NASA astronauts Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Commander Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen
 

 From left: NASA astronauts Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Commander Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen. 

 

From left: NASA astronauts Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Commander Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.

 

 NASA astronaut Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover greets fans while attending the NCAA Men’s Final Four national championship game at NRG Stadium in Houston.

 

Houston students from Davila Elementary and Wesley Elementary attend the Monday, April 3, 2023, announcement of the Artemis II crew at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

 Houston students from Davila Elementary and Wesley Elementary attend the Monday, April 3, 2023, Artemis II crew announcement.
 

NASA's international astronaut corps poses for a group photo on stage during a Monday April 3, 2023, Artemis II crew announcement.
 
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are announced as members of the Artemis II crew.

"The crew of NASA’s Artemis II moon mission, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of Canada, join Stephen Colbert to discuss how they are preparing for their mission, and why they have their sights set on Mars as the next frontier for human exploration."

NASA announced on Monday, April 3, 2023, in Houston, Texas, that four astronauts have been selected for NASA’s Artemis II Mission: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency.

Artemis II will be NASA’s first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon to verify today’s capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for long-term exploration and science on the lunar surface.

Learn more about the Artemis II mission: https://nasa.gov/specials/artemis-ii

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Release Date: April 6, 2023



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