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The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA's Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than late 2024. NASA's 1st moon crew in 50 years ...
The four astronauts will be the first to fly NASA’s Orion caps. The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the ...
Artemis II is to be crewed by four astronauts: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover along with Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. [35] On 22 November 2023, Jenni Gibbons was announced as Hansen's backup. [36] [37] On 3 July 2024, Andre Douglas was announced as the backup for the three NASA astronauts. [38] [39]
NASA has chosen the four astronauts for the Artemis II mission, which will be the first crew leaving Earth to orbit the moon since the Apollo missions more than 50 years ago.
The last time NASA launched an all-rookie orbital crew was STS-2 in 1981. [c] All four received commercial astronaut training by SpaceX. The training included lessons in orbital mechanics, operating in a microgravity environment, stress testing, emergency-preparedness training and mission simulations. [20] [22]
This group is all USAF MOL astronauts who transferred to NASA after the cancellation of the MOL program in 1969. All flew on early Space Shuttle flights. Truly, in 1989, would become the first astronaut to be NASA Administrator, holding the post until 1992. As of July 2024, the final surviving member of this group is Robert Crippen.
NASA on Monday named four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission. The crew of the Artemis 2 ...
NASA Astronaut Group 4 (nicknamed "The Scientists") was a group of six astronauts selected by NASA in June 1965. While the astronauts of the first two groups were required to have an undergraduate degree or the professional equivalent in engineering or the sciences (with several holding advanced degrees), they were chosen for their experience as test pilots.