Meet the First Four Artemis Astronauts

NASA’s Artemis 2 crew

The Artemis 2 crew is set. We must now wait patiently for the mission to blast off. The plan is for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to deliver the Orion spacecraft on a trajectory to the Moon sometime in late 2024. The Artemis program has been wonderful so far, and now we can finally put some faces to the name.

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