Artemis 2

NASA announced April 3 the three Americans and one Canadian who will be on the crew of the Artemis 2 mission in late 2024.

“He talked about how important this is for all of humanity,” Glover said of that call. Artemis 2 is a precursor to Artemis 3, which will attempt the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17. Glover said that he doesn’t mind that, by going on Artemis 2, he will miss out on an opportunity to walk on the moon on Artemis 3. “The chance to fly on this is amazing,” he said. Jim Free, NASA associate administrator for exploration systems development, said NASA is still going through the lessons learned from the Artemis 1 mission, but felt confident enough in the outcome of that mission to name the Artemis 2 crew and have them start training. The acceptance of risk on Artemis 2 will be different from Artemis 1 because of the presence of that four-person crew. The three “driving principles” for Artemis 2, he said, is crew safety and survival, vehicle survival and mission success. Once the tests are complete, the Orion will fire its main engine to place the spacecraft on a free return trajectory around the moon. Artemis 2 is currently scheduled to launch no earlier than November 2024 on the second flight of the Space Launch System. The spacecraft will also perform a proximity operations or “prox ops” demonstration by maneuvering in the vicinity of the SLS’s Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. “The mission to the moon will launch four pioneers, but it will carry more than astronauts,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said at the event, just before introducing the crew. Glover flew on the Crew-1 commercial crew mission to the ISS in late 2020 for a six-month mission.

These four astronauts are poised to travel farther than any humans have been from Earth since 1972.

[Artemis 3](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-iii), which will aim to land astronauts on the moon for the first time since 1972, likely won’t launch before 2026, according to CNN. The crew has more racial and gender diversity than that of any previous moon mission: Glover will be the first person of color on a lunar mission, while Koch will be the first woman on a lunar mission, according to a NASA [statement](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-astronauts-to-next-moon-mission-first-crew-under-artemis). “I could not be prouder that these brave four will kickstart our journeys to the moon and beyond. “We’re gonna stay in an amazing high orbit, reaching a peak of tens of thousands of miles while we test out all the systems on Orion and even see how it maneuvers in space. Late last year, the [Artemis 1 mission](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-launches-artemis-1-in-giant-leap-toward-returning-to-the-moon-180981136/) performed a successful test of the program’s equipment as an uncrewed Orion space capsule orbited the moon. The astronauts will make sure Orion’s systems function as they are supposed to with people aboard in deep space. As with Artemis 1 in November, the Orion spacecraft will launch from NASA’s Space Launch System rocket—but this time, it’ll be carrying humans. This is in part because Artemis 2 needs to test new technology that has never been used during spaceflight, according to They represent exactly what an astronaut corps should be: a mix of highly capable and accomplished individuals with the skills and determination to take on any trial as a team.” Hansen will be a rookie space traveler. [Artemis program](https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/) aims to land the first person of color and first woman on the moon, establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface and prepare for sending the first astronauts to Mars. [Reid Wiseman](https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/g-reid-wiseman/biography), [Victor Glover](https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/victor-j-glover/biography) and [Christina Hammock Koch](https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-hammock-koch/biography), as well as [Jeremy Hansen](https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/canadian/active/bio-jeremy-hansen.asp) from the Canadian Space Agency.

The astronauts are NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency. Wiseman is a 47-year-old decorated ...

The space agency has been seeking to return people to the moon for more than a decade. [Koch](https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/christina-hammock-koch/biography/), 44, is a veteran of six spacewalks — including the [first all-female spacewalk in 2019](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/18/world/nasa-all-female-spacewalk-koch-meir-scn-trnd/index.html). The space agency deemed that mission a success and is still working to review all the data collected. The Artemis III mission is expected to take off later this decade. “And accidentally two of us were very late to that meeting.” It will also mark the first time humans have touched down on the moon since the Apollo program ended in 1972. When he was selected for the NASA astronaut corps in 2013, he was working in the US Senate as a legislative fellow. Hansen, 47, is a fighter pilot who was selected by the Canadian Space Agency for astronaut training in 2009. If all goes to plan, Artemis II will take off around November 2024. “It’s so much more than the four names that have been announced,” Glover said during the Monday announcement at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he’s completed one prior spaceflight, a 165-day trip to the International Space Station that had launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket in 2014. Most recently, Wiseman served as chief of the astronaut office before stepping down in November 2022, making him eligible for a flight assignment.

Artemis II will launch on NASA's Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion capsule carrying the astronauts on a 10-day journey to the moon and back.

While Artemis II won't land on the moon, it will make a near pass above the surface and demonstrate the Orion spacecraft's ability to transport people safely. [the uncrewed Artemis I mission](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/11/nasa-completes-artemis-i-moon-mission-with-orion-capsule-splash-down.html), which completed a nearly month-long journey around the moon late last year. Wiseman is the mission's commander and Glover is the pilot, while Hansen and Koch are mission specialists.

Commander Reid Wiseman is a naval aviator and veteran of Soyuz TMA-13M and International Space Station (ISS) expedition 40/41. Pilot Victor Glover is a U.S. ...

SpaceX is working on the [Starship Human Landing System](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-provides-update-to-astronaut-moon-lander-plans-under-artemis) that will carry crew from orbit to the surface. Artemis II will be the first mission of the Artemis Program to put crew in the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), aboard the Space Launch Systems (SLS) Block 1 rocket. Meanwhile, NASA and international partners are preparing to begin construction of the Lunar Gateway in late 2024. Axiom Space will provide that crew with Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suits, which will give astronauts greater mobility and dexterity during their lunar excursions. (NASA’s ShadowCam instrument aboard South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter also recently imaged this region.) Although early plans called for additional CubeSats to [deploy with Artemis II](https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/nasa-scouting-cubesats-artemis-2-mission), as of this writing no payloads have been announced. Next up, the team will install the four RS-25 engines. Apollo 8 carried out a similar module-only flight, completing 10 orbits around the Moon in 1968. A handover from the Shuttle era, the RS-25 motors will provide the massive rocket with a combined 8.8 million pounds of thrust. . . Navy pilot, graduate of the U.S. - Pilot Victor Glover is a U.S.

Southern California astronaut Victor Glover was selected Monday to take the next giant leap in space travel. Here's what to know about the 1994 graduate of.

This is the first moon crew to include a woman and someone not from the U.S. — and the first crew in NASA's new moon program named Artemis. [three Americans and one Canadian](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-astronauts-to-next-moon-mission-first-crew-under-artemis) will be the first to fly NASA's Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center. The Artemis 2 mission will send Orion and a crew farther than people have ever traveled from Earth. "We have a lot to celebrate, and it's so much more than the four names that have been announced. Glover will pilot NASA's Orion spacecraft around the moon after a journey from Cape Canaveral on the Florida coast.

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA's ...

On Monday (April 3), NASA announced the crew of its Artemis 2 mission, which will send four astronauts around the moon in late 2024.

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