NASA names crew for first human moon mission since Apollo

Posted on AllSides April 3rd, 2023
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For the first time since the Apollo era, NASA on Monday named a crew of astronauts for a lunar expedition.

The astronauts will fly around the moon in a mission that would precede the first human landing there since 1972.

In an event here, NASA officials said astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman will be joined by Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on the Artemis II mission, which is scheduled to launch late next year.

The announcement comes about four months after the successful completion of the Artemis I flight, a...

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