Meet the astronauts who will fly around the Moon and back on the first crewed
#Artemis mission, scheduled to launch in 2024:
@Astro_Reid served as chief of
@NASAAstronauts before joining the Artemis II crew. He spent 165 days on the
@ISS as a member of Expedition 41 in 2014, where his team completed over 300 scientific experiments.
@AstroVicGlover was the pilot for
@NASA’s
@SpaceX Crew-1 mission, the first post-certification flight of the Dragon spacecraft. A test pilot for the
@USNavy, Glover has logged 3,000 flight hours in more than 40 different aircraft.
@AstroJeremy was selected as a recruit by the
@CanadianSpaceAgency in 2009 and graduated from astronaut candidate training in 2011. Hansen was the first Canadian entrusted with leading a NASA astronaut class, and works as a CAPCOM in Mission Control at
@NASAJohnson. This will be his first trip to space.
@Astro_Christina began her career as an electrical engineer at
@NASAGoddard, later conducting fieldwork in remote locations...