Artemis II: Meet the Moonbound Astronauts

About this episode

This episode introduces the astronauts of the Artemis II mission, which aims to fly around the Moon and prepare for future lunar exploration.

This year, four NASA astronauts will fly around the Moon and back for the first time since the Apollo program. Their mission is called Artemis II. It’s a key test flight that will set the stage for humans to land on the lunar South Pole for the first time and set up a long-term presence there. In this episode, meet your intrepid Artemis II crew: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. For Artemis II news and the latest launch information, visit nasa.gov/artemis-ii

People in this episode

Guests: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen

Topics covered

• Artemis II
• Moon mission
• NASA astronauts
• lunar exploration
• spaceflight

Keywords

• Artemis II
• NASA
• Moon
• astronauts
• lunar South Pole
• space exploration
• Apollo program

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Places: lunar South Pole, Moon, nasa.gov/artemis-ii

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