The crew – three Americans and one Canadian – were introduced during a ceremony Monday in Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control.
, who was born in Pomona and graduated from Ontario High School, served as pilot and second-in-command for the Resilience SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon before his return from the International Space Station in May, 2021.
This is the first moon crew to include a woman and someone not from the U.S. — and the first crew in NASA’s new moon program named Artemis. Late last year, an empty Orion capsule flew to the moon and back in a long-awaited dress rehearsal. Glover, a Navy commander, aviator and test pilot, became the first Black astronaut to serve on the International Space Station last year, arriving on aFuture NASA moonwalkers will sport sleeker suits
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