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Meet the Four Artemis Astronauts Who Will Fly Around the Moon

Today, we revealed the four astronauts who will fly around the Moon during the Artemis II mission, scheduled to launch in 2024. Get to know them:

Christina Koch

Meet the first member of our Artemis II crew: mission specialist Christina Koch. Koch visited the International Space Station in 2019, where she participated in the first all-woman spacewalk with Jessica Meir. She began her NASA career as an electrical engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Jeremy Hansen

Representing the Canadian Space Agency is Jeremy Hansen from London, Ontario. Col. Hansen was a fighter pilot with Canadian Armed Forces before joining the Canadian Space Agency, and currently works with NASA on astronaut training and mission operations. This will be Col. Hansen’s first mission in space.

Victor Glover

Victor Glover is our Artemis II pilot. Glover is part of our 2013 class of NASA astronauts and was the pilot for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. He’s logged 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.

Reid Wiseman

...and rounding out our Artemis II crew: mission commander Reid Wiseman. Wiseman lived and worked aboard the International Space Station as a flight engineer in 2014. He also commanded the undersea research mission NEEMO21, and most recently served as Chief of the NASA astronauts.

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does it ever drive you crazy

just how fast the night changes

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What a sight! 👀😳  On November 28, 2022, day 13 of the @NasaArtemis mission, the Orion capsule captured the Earth transiting behind the Moon as it reached its farthest distance from Earth, 268,563 miles (432, 210 km), the farthest any spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever reached

Credit: NASA

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Destination Moon!

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Happy Moon landing Day!

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Posted by Sumit Arora, 18 July 2023

What is International Moon Day?

International Moon Day is an annual day dedicated to the Earth’s one and only natural satellite, the Moon!

It is held every year on July 20, which is the anniversary of the day on which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin famously set foot on the Moon in 1969.

The Moon landing is still considered one of humanity’s greatest achievements.

International Moon Day is all about commemorating the Apollo 11 mission while teaching people about the Moon and astronomy.

Significance of International Moon Day

• The General Assembly declared International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on July 20, in its Resolution 76/76 on “International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space” in 2021.

• International Moon Day marks the anniversary of the first landing by humans on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 lunar mission.

• The celebrations will also consider the achievements of all States in the exploration of the Moon and raise public awareness of sustainable Moon exploration and utilization.

History of International Moon Day

• American astronauts Neil Armstrong, and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin became the first humans in history to land on the Moon on 20 July 1969.

The grand Apollo 11 mission took place eight years after the national goal announcement by President John F. Kennedy to send a man to the moon by the end of the 1960s.

• The idea for the mission to send astronauts to the moon started when President Kennedy appealed to a special joint session of Congress in 1961, stating:

“I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”

• At the time of Kennedy’s proposal, the United States was still head-to-head with the Soviet Union in advancements in space exploration and, since it was during the time of the Cold War, the proposal was welcomed.

The first unmanned Apollo mission was initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), after five years of effort and hard work by their international team of engineers and scientists.

The first mission served as a testing phase for the structural resilience of the launch spacecraft vehicle.

• At 9:32 A.M. on 16 July 1969, the whole world witnessed Apollo 11 take off from Kennedy Space Center with three astronauts on board — Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins.

Neil Armstrong was the commander of the mission.

The spacecraft entered the lunar orbit after three days, on July 19.

The lunar module, Eagle, disengaged from the main command module the next day, manned by Armstrong and Aldrin.

When Eagle touched the lunar surface, Armstrong radioed his historical message to Mission Control in Houston, Texas:

“The Eagle has landed.”

• At 10:39 P.M., Armstrong exited the lunar module and made his way down its ladder.

His progress was being recorded by a television camera attached to the module, transmitting signals back to Earth, where the world was watching with bated breath.

• At 10:56 P.M., Armstrong stepped on the moon’s powdery surface, and spoke his iconic words:

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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India Lunar Mission!

India's unmanned lunar mission has completed their most difficult objectives. They landed near the south pole of the moon, and deployed a rover to search for ice. Excited to see what they find!

#moon #space #science #lunar mission #india #chandrayaan3

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Artimis 1 To The Moon is about to launch!!!!!!!

#space #spaceflight #Artimis #nasa #esa #european space agency #rocket #rocket launch #this is history #Moon #lunar mission #Youtube

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Chandrayaan-3: India's Historic Soft Landing on the Moon

Introduction On August 23, 2023, India made history by successfully landing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the Moon’s South Pole. This was India’s third lunar mission, and its first soft landing since Chandrayaan-2 in 2019. The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 is a major achievement for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and a significant step forward for India’s space…

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I'll be damned! He did not fall out of a window. Or crash the lunar surface...

#lunar 25 #lunar mission #lunar exploration #lunar landing #lunar #lunar surface #lunar race #prigozhin #yevyeny prigozhin #vladimir putin #putin #vladimir #russia #russian #russians

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#apollo 11 #1202 alarm #lunar mission #space exploration

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KPLO

#spacex #falcon 9 #kplo #moon #lunar mission

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U.S. Air Force 75th Anniversary Posters

Apollo 15

All Air Force crew

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Welcome home

Credit: Credit: NASA/James M. Blair

Splashdown: 11 December 2022 17:40 GMT.

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The US returns to the Moon, driven by profit as much as science. NASA and private companies seek valuable minerals and a path to Mars. A lunar base could become a cosmic factory, a new frontier in the space race fueled by both competition and collaboration.

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#japan #space #nasa #isro #lunar mission #future