- NASA's Artemis lunar mission will feature a diverse crew, including a woman, a person of color, and a Canadian, marking a significant shift from the Apollo era.
- Commander Reid Wiseman is leading the 10-day mission. Wiseman, 50, a retired Navy captain from Baltimore, was serving as NASA’s chief astronaut when he was asked three years ago to lead humanity’s first lunar trip since 1972.
- Pilot Victor Glover is one of Nasa’s few Black astronauts. The 49-year-old Navy captain and former combat pilot from Pomona, California, has one spaceflight behind him — an early SpaceX crew run to the International Space Station.
- Mission specialist Christina Koch is a 47-year-old electrical engineer from Jacksonville, North Carolina, who holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman — 328 days. She took part in the first all-female spacewalk during her lengthy stay at the space station in 2019.
- Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen, 50, grew up on a farm near London, Ontario, before moving to Ingersoll and pursuing a flying career. The Canadian Space Agency selected him as an astronaut in 2009, and he was named to the Artemis crew in 2023. The Canadian fighter pilot and physicist is making his space debut and also serving as his country's first emissary to the moon.
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