Months after their name was announced to be the first astronauts to go around the Moon in over half a century, the Artemis-II crew will begin training for this ground-breaking mission. The astronauts will fly on the space agency’s new Orion capsule around the Moon, testing systems needed for future missions to Mars. The four astronauts selected for the mission, which launches in 2024, are NASA veterans Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Canadian rookie Jeremy Hansen. They were unveiled on Monday at an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Glover is the newest … Continue reading Four Astronauts to Begin Training For Most Ambitious Moon Mission