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Artemis II Crew Announced: Wiseman, Glover, Koch, Hansen
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced the four-person Artemis II crew at Ellington Field, Houston: Commander Reid Wiseman (NASA), Pilot Victor Glover (NASA, first person of color to fly to deep space), Mission Specialist Christina Koch (NASA, first woman on a lunar trajectory), and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen (CSA, first non-American on a lunar trajectory and Hansen's first spaceflight). The crew would fly a 10-day crewed lunar flyby mission.
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- T1 NASA Artemis II Crew Announcement Official
- T2 collectSPACE Crew Profiles Major