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Tue, April 4, 2023
NASA announced the team for its first mission to the Moon with humans in over 50 years.
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The team includes the first woman and Black man to go on a trip to the Moon.
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Next year, 3 Americans and 1 Canadian will be the 1st astronauts since 1972 to travel deep into space by flying around the Moon in a historic mission.
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In November 2024, the Artemis II flight will happen. It's a step towards sending humans back to the Moon for the first time in 50 years.
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Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch are NASA astronauts selected for Artemis II. They've been to the International Space Station before.
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Jeremy Hansen is also part of the team. He works for the Canadian Space Agency and this will be his first time in space.
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At an event in Houston's Johnson Space Center, NASA administrator Bill Nelson introduced the four astronauts, who were all wearing blue flight suits.
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NASA administrator Bill Nelson said that the world's biggest, most powerful rocket will launch the astronauts to space.
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The goal is to return to the Moon and then travel to Mars. Koch, an electrical engineer, spent a record-breaking 11 months in space.
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