The team of astronauts consists of 47-year-old Gregory Reid Wiseman, 46-year-old Victor Jerome Glover, 44-year-old Christina Koch and 47-year-old Jeremy Roger Hansen. Koch was also part of the first female spacewalk.
The announcement of the astronauts can be seen in the video below.
New Generation
Artemis II is called the new generation of explorers by NASA. During the journey, the astronauts check that the space rocket is working properly and meets the requirements for the human passenger craft.
The mission will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The route runs along the far side of the moon, more than 230,000 US miles (about 370,149 kilometers) from Earth.
The space rocket is intended to land in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego at the end of the mission. There, the crew is picked up by a team from NASA and US Defense personnel.
The last time NASA sent a manned flight to the moon was in 1972 when Apollo 17 was performed.
The crew members were announced today at a NASA event at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The mission is scheduled for November next year.
