Artemis II crew portrait.
This will be Wiseman, Glover, and Koch’s second spaceflight.
He has also served as a flight engineer aboard the International Space Station.
Artemis II crew portrait. From left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. (Photo: NASA/Josh Valcarcel)
Glover, who will serve as the Artemis II pilot, was the pilot on NASAs SpaceX Crew-1.
He spent 168 days in space as part of the flight and also served as a flight engineer.
While this is Hansen’s first spaceflight, the Canadian astronaut has an incredible skill set.
This second phase of Artemis comes after the successful launch of theOrion spaceshipin November 2022.
The crewless mission lasted 25.5 days before asuccessful splashdownoff the coast of Mexico.
The goal of Artemis III is to land on the Moon, but that won’t happen before 2025.
Still, it’s an exciting moment in the history of the space program.
The world just isjust holds their breath when things like this happen, Biden said.
Meet the first member of our#ArtemisII Moon crew: mission specialist@Astro_Christina!
Christina Koch visited the@Space_Stationin 2019, where she took part in the first all-woman spacewalk.
This will be Hansens first mission in space.pic.twitter.com/zIVetAQeFE
Our#ArtemisII pilot is@AstroVicGlover!
Victor Glover is part of our 2013 class of@NASA_Astronautsand was the pilot for NASAs@SpaceXCrew-1 mission.
Reid Wiseman lived & worked aboard the@Space_Stationas a flight engineer in 2014.
