The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Credits: NASA
<p><a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/?s=NASA&;post_type%5B%5D=post&;post_type%5B%5D=list_posts&;_gl=1*9x02ps*_up*MQ..*_ga*NDc1NTE3MDE3LjE2ODA1NDY2MDE.*_ga_V2HX8YP3XL*MTY4MDU0NjYwMC4xLjEuMTY4MDU0NjYwMi4wLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NASA</strong></a> has announced the names of four astronauts who will take us back to the Moon, with one being the first Black man and another being the first female to do so.</p>
<p>After a 50-year gap, <strong>Victor Glover</strong> and <strong>Christina Koch</strong> will join Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen to fly a capsule around the Moon either late next year or early 2025, according to the <strong><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-astronauts-to-next-moon-mission-first-crew-under-artemis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. space agency</a></strong>.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">NASA Announces First Black Man, First Female Astronauts To Fly To The Moon</h3>
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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">While the four astronauts won&#8217;t technically land on the Moon, their mission will ultimately pave the way for a lunar landing by a crew in the near future.</p>
<p>The news of the three U.S. citizens and one Canadian being the next astronauts to make a trip to the Moon was revealed in a public ceremony in Houston, Texas.</p>
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<p>All four will now start a period of intense physical training to prepare themselves for the upcoming lunar mission.</p>
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<p>NASA&#8217;s announcement of selecting a person of color and a woman is in line with the agency&#8217;s promise to have greater diversity in its space exploration efforts. All the previous lunar mission crews were made up solely of White men.</p>
<p>NASA Administrator Bill Nelson called the Artemis-2 crew &#8220;humanity&#8217;s crew.&#8221;</p>
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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">&#8220;The Artemis-2 crew represents thousands of people working tirelessly to bring us to the stars. This is their crew, this is our crew, this is humanity&#8217;s crew,&#8221; said Nelson.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Group Of Four Will Usher In &#8220;A New Era&#8230; A New Generation Of (Space) Exploration&#8221;</h3>
<div id="piano-inline2">Nelson went on to say that the group of four &#8220;ushers in a new era&#8230; a new generation of exploration.&#8221;</div>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;Nasa astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, each has their own story, but, together, they represent our creed: E pluribus unum &#8211; out of many, one. Together, we are ushering in a new era of exploration for a new generation of star sailors and dreamers &#8211; the Artemis Generation.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Crew Will Essentially Replicate 1968 Apollo 8 Mission, Journey Expected To Take About 10 Days</h3>
<p>Glover, a Black man, will be the crew&#8217;s pilot, Wiseman will be the commander, while Koch and Hansen will serve as the supporting &#8220;mission specialists.&#8221;</p>
<p>The crew will essentially be repeating the 1968 Apollo 8 mission, which was the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon.</p>
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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The last human spaceflight mission to the Moon was Apollo 17 in December 1972. The first landing was Apollo 11 in 1969.</p>
<p>The upcoming lunar journey will take about 10 days to go to and from the Moon.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX Currently Developing Technology To Take Astronauts Onto Lunar Surface</h3>
<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">NASA does not yet have a system capable of taking astronauts onto the lunar surface, however that technology is currently being developed by Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX.</p>
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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The vehicle &#8211; called Starship &#8211; is set to begin flight testing in the coming weeks.</p>
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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">&#8220;Among the [Artemis-2] crew are the first woman, first person of color, and first Canadian on a lunar mission, and all four astronauts will represent the best of humanity as they explore for the benefit of all,&#8221; said Vanessa Wyche, the director of NASA&#8217;s Johnson Space Flight Center.</p>
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<p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Wyche continued: &#8220;This mission paves the way for the expansion of human deep space exploration and presents new opportunities for scientific discoveries, commercial, industry and academic partnerships and the Artemis Generation.&#8221;</p>
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