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Listed below are some highlights from the careers of mission commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Koch, all US astronauts, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen
All three NASA astronauts on the Artemis II lunar mission are veterans of Earth-orbit science expeditions to the Worldwide Area Station, whereas the lone Canadian becoming a member of them on a voyage across the moon and again is a spaceflight rookie.
Listed below are some highlights from the careers of mission commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Koch, all US astronauts, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, additionally a mission specialist.
Mission Commander Reid Wiseman
Wiseman, 50, logged 165 days aboard the Worldwide Area Station throughout a 2014 mission, flying to the orbiting platform aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. A former US Navy check pilot, he later served as NASA’s chief astronaut earlier than being chosen to command Artemis II.
Pilot Victor Glover
Glover, 49, spent 168 days in orbit starting in 2020 as pilot of NASA’s Crew-1 flight, the primary full-fledged ISS mission utilizing SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to hold astronauts to the house station. Earlier than becoming a member of NASA, he flew greater than 40 plane throughout a U.S. Navy profession that included fight deployments and test-pilot duties. A veteran of 4 spacewalks, he’s the primary Black astronaut ever to be despatched on a lunar mission.
Mission Specialist Christina Koch
Koch, 47, set a file in 2019 for the longest steady spaceflight by a lady, spending 328 days aboard the ISS, and was a part of NASA’s first three all-female spacewalks. Skilled as {an electrical} engineer and physicist, she beforehand labored as a NASA engineer and carried out prolonged analysis expeditions in Antarctica. She is the primary girl to fly on a moon-bound mission.
Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen
Hansen, 50, a Royal Canadian Air Drive colonel, is the primary Canadian, and first non-US citizen, despatched on a lunar mission whilst he makes his personal first spaceflight. He was chosen for Canada’s astronaut corps in 2009, and his seat aboard Artemis II displays a long-standing US–Canadian partnership in human spaceflight, together with Canada’s contributions to robotics used aboard the ISS.
– Rappler.com
