NASA has declare itsArtemis Team , a mathematical group of astronauts that will take part in the American space office ’s issue to the Moon this decade . The 18 cosmonaut will be call for in the preparation and eventual crew charge to the Moon .
The team was presented by Vice President Mike Pence at the 8th National Space Council meeting at NASA ’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida . There are no flight of steps assignments yet and the squad will likely see novel additions and international partners in time .
The current plan for the Artemis Program is an uncrewed launching in August 2021 , followed by a crew mission in lunar area in 2023 , and then the historical Artemis 3 to take a crew back down to the surface of our natural satellite .
“ There is so much exciting work forrader of us as we return to the lunation , and it will take the entire spaceman corps to make that happen , ” Chief Astronaut Pat Forrester said in astatement . “ walk on the lunar surface would be a pipe dream come dependable for any one of us , and any part we can make for in make that happen is an honor . I am proud of this particular radical of men and women and recognise that any of them would do an spectacular job representing NASA and the United States on a future Artemis military mission . ”
The Artemis team features several veterans of previous and current space missions as well as unexampled recruit from the 2017 class . Among the veterans , we discover Stephanie Wilson , Scott Tingle Kathleen Rubins , Kjell Lindgren , Nicole Mann , Joe Acaba , Anne McClain , Christina Koch , and Jessica Meir , the latter two of whom performed thefirst all - woman spacewalkin 2019 .
This group also feature Victor Glover who piloted theCrew-1 Dragon Resiliencelast month . He is currently on the International Space Station serving as a trajectory technologist for Expedition 64 . He ’ll be there until he comes back with his fellow work party in May 2021 .
The 2017 class make their debut with Artemis are Jasmin Moghbeli , Frank Rubio , Jessica Watkins , Kayla Barron , Raja Chari , Matthew Dominick , Warren Hoburg , and Jonny Kim .
The cosmonaut will help in the ontogeny of the landing systems , education , and computer hardware requirements . A fresh age of lunar geographic expedition seems to be lastly here .
