NASA has picked its team for the Artemis II mission, which the first step in its grand return to the Moon. Yesterday, NASA revealed the crew of four that will circle the moon on the 10-day Artemis II mission. Here is the Artemis II crew.
Now that they’ve received their assignments, the astronauts have time to consider what the mission means. “It occurs to me how important it is to have human eyes look back on Earth, seeing it as a small body in the window,” Koch told Payload in an interview. “Looking back on all of humanity and all of our billions and billions of friends—everything we know—I think is a really important perspective that I want to make sure to bring back to Earth.”
The first crewed flight in the Artemis Moon-to-Mars era is scheduled to lift off no earlier than the end of 2024. Rather than touch down on the lunar surface, Artemis II will trace a figure eight that takes the crew aboard the Orion capsule 6,400 miles past the Moon at its furthest point.
“Artemis II is the first of many crewed stepping stones to bring humans back to the Moon sustainably, responsibly, and then on to Mars,” said Koch. “This is the first time we are going to be testing out the life support system of the Orion space capsule and many other systems, communication, maneuverability for rendezvous and proximity operations. So many things to learn about, and we are going to be focused 100 percent on future missions.”
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