Artemis II is the first human mission of the Artemis programme.
On April 1 at 18:35 EDT (22:35 GMT), the mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, carrying four astronauts for the 10-day mission.
The four astronauts onboard are:
- Reid Wiseman, 50, commander: The NASA veteran and former International Space Station commander is leading the Artemis II mission. The test pilot-turned-astronaut has leadership and deep spaceflight experience.
- Victor Glover, 49, pilot: The US Navy aviator is the first Black astronaut assigned to a lunar mission and flew on SpaceX Crew-1.
- Christina Koch, 47, mission specialist: The record holder for the longest single spaceflight by a woman at 328 days is a veteran of multiple spacewalks and has scientific and deep-space mission expertise.
- Jeremy Hansen, 50, mission specialist: The first Canadian set to travel to the moon is a former fighter pilot and represents international collaboration in deep space exploration.
Source: Al Jazeera
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