Those 4 other people would be the first astronauts headed to the moon in 50 years

NASA and the Canadian Area Company (CSA) have named the 4 astronauts who would be the first people to take a go back and forth to the moon in 50 years. Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Undertaking Specialist 1 Christina Hammock Koch, and Undertaking Specialist 2 Jeremy Hansen. The venture—Artemis II—is scheduled for November 2024.

Koch, Glover, and Hansen would be the first girl, first person-of-color, and primary Canadian, respectively, on a lunar venture. The ten-day Artemis II venture will take the astronauts previous the moon—most probably additional into area than any human has long gone—after which go back them Earth. Later this decade, NASA hopes to release Artemis III, bringing the primary other people to the skin of the Moon since 1972.