The Artemis 2 launch, part of the agency’s momentous Artemis missions to “establish the first long-term presence” on the moon and eventually send astronauts to Mars, is scheduled to take off in November 2024 at the earliest, according to NASA.
NASA’s Artemis 2 “lunar fly-by” mission will include three U.S. astronauts and a Canadian astronaut—the first four people to circle the moon in nearly half a century—the agency announced Monday morning, as it prepares for an ambitious plan to put humans back on the moon, and potentially Mars.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reservedThe mission will include U.S. astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced in a joint press conference with the Canadian Space Agency at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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