NASA returns to the moon: for the first time there will be a woman as part of the mission to the Earth's satellite

US space agency NASA has named four astronauts who will return humanity to the moon after a 50-year hiatus, reports with the BBC.

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Christina Koch will be the first female astronaut ever on a mission to the Moon, and Victor Glover will be the first black astronaut on such a mission.

Together with them, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Gansen should fly to the Moon at the end of the next year or the beginning of 2025.

The astronauts won't land on the moon, but their mission will pave the way for the next crew to land. Three US citizens and one Canadian were introduced to the public at a ceremony in Houston, Texas.

Now they will begin a period of intense training.

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This crew composition demonstrates that NASA is sticking to its promise to diversify its missions. All previous missions to the Moon have been by white men.

Who will fly

Reid Wiseman (age 47): US Navy pilot who briefly served as head of NASA's astronaut office. In 2015, he was a member of the mission to the International Space Station.

Victor Glover (46): US Navy test pilot. He joined NASA in 2013 and made his first space flight in 2020. He was the first African American to stay on the space station for an extended period of six months.

Christina Koch (aged 44): electrical engineer. She holds the record for the longest continuous stay by a woman in space - 328 days. Together with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, she participated in the first all-female spacewalk in October 2019.

Jeremy Gunsen (47): Prior to joining the Canadian Space Agency, he was a fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He hasn't flown into space yet.

“The Artemis 2 crew represents thousands of people who work tirelessly to bring us to the stars. This is their team, this is our team, this is humanity’s team,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

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“NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen each have their own story, but together they represent our credo: E pluribus unum - “Out of many, one.” Together, we are ushering in a new era of exploration for a new generation of star explorers and dreamers – the Artemis generation,” he said.

Wiseman will be the crew commander, Glover will be the pilot, and Koch and Hansen will serve as support “mission specialists.”

The quartet is essentially meant to repeat the 1968 mission of Apollo 8, which was the first manned space flight to reach the Moon.

Its crew captured the famous Earthrise image of our home planet emerging from the lunar horizon.

What's new

The main difference this time will be the use of 21st century technologies that NASA developed as part of its Artemis program. In Greek mythology, Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo.

Last year, the agency tested its next-generation rocket, called the Space Launch System, and its Orion crew capsule as part of the Artemis 1 mission. There were no people on board during the tests, which allowed engineers to assess the readiness of the equipment.

Now, as part of the Artemis 2 mission, astronauts will board Orion and make a journey to the Moon and back, which should last about 10 days.

The last manned space flight to the Moon was the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. The first human landing on the Moon with the Apollo 11 mission occurred in 1969.

The Artemis 3 mission, which will land humans on the Moon again, is expected to take place at least 12 months after Artemis 2.

NASA does not yet have a system capable of delivering astronauts from a spacecraft to the surface of the moon. It is being developed by the SpaceX company of entrepreneur Elon Musk.

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The vehicle, called Starship, should begin flight testing within a few weeks.

“The Artemis 2 crew will be the first woman, the first Black person and the first Canadian to fly on a lunar mission, and all four astronauts will represent the best of humanity and conduct research for the common good,” Vanessa Weiche said. , director of NASA's Johnson Space Flight Center.

“This mission paves the way for expanding human exploration of deep space and opens new opportunities for scientific exploration, commercial, industrial and academic partnerships,” she added.

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