Wiseman has logged more than 165 days in space, including almost 13 hours as lead spacewalker during two trips outside the orbital complex. This will be his second trip into space, serving previously as a flight engineer aboard the International Station for Expedition 41 from May through November 2014. Reid Wiseman, another former US Navy fighter pilot, has been named as mission commander. P0zJ8pwaeLĪccording to NASA, he has logged 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.

He’s logged 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft, and will pilot around the Moon. Our #Artemis II pilot is Glover is part of our 2013 class of and was the pilot for NASA’s Crew-1 mission. The mission will be his second spaceflight, serving previously as a pilot on NASA's SpaceX Crew-1, which landed on May 2, 2021, after 168 days in space.Īs a flight engineer aboard the space station for Expedition 64, Glover contributed to scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, and participated in four spacewalks. He will be the first Black astronaut ever to be sent on a lunar mission. Victor Glover, a US Navy aviator, and veteran of four spacewalks, has been designated as pilot of Artemis II. Koch has also set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman with a total of 328 days in space. She began her career as an electrical engineer at /mi82SayXUm Meet the first member of our #Artemis II Moon crew: mission specialist Koch visited the in 2019, where she took part in the first all-woman spacewalk. She has served as a flight engineer aboard the space station for Expedition 59, 60, and 61. 'Together, we are ushering in a new era of exploration for a new generation of star sailors and dreamers – the Artemis Generation,' the NASA Administrator said.Ĭhristina Koch, an electrical engineer, who has been part of NASA's first three all-female spacewalks, was named as a mission specialist for the Artemis II lunar flyby expected as early as next year. announces the #Artemis II crew, the next astronauts to fly around the Moon: go together. '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 – out of many, one,' he added. This is their crew, this is our crew, this is humanity's crew,' said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson at the event.

'The Artemis II crew represents thousands of people working tirelessly to bring us to the stars.

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