NASA selects Wiseman Glover Koch Hansen for Artemis II crew
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“NASA has selected Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen as the four astronauts for the Artemis II mission.”
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NASA has officially selected Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen as the four astronauts for the Artemis II mission. This crew assignment is confirmed by NASA’s own announcement and multiple major news outlets.
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- Artemis II broadcast error used to stoke false claims mission was staged | Fact Check
It features a smartphone recording of a television broadcast of an interview with the Artemis II crew as they floated in microgravity. A woman can be heard asking off-camera, "what's up with the lettering behind this ball?" as the camera zooms in on captions that appear superimposed on parts of the mission's official Moon mascot. ... The claim surfaced as four astronauts captivated the world with live images from a years-in-the-making flyby of the Earth's natural satellite aboard the Orion space capsule (archived link).
- Footage from earlier uncrewed lunar mission misrepresented as Artemis II’s return | Fact Check
The video was shared in similar Chinese-language posts on Weibo, Rednote, X, and YouTube after the Artemis II crew -- NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen -- splashed ...
- Our Artemis Crew - NASA
Four astronauts have been selected for NASA’s Artemis II mission: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency.
- Artemis II: NASA’s First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years - NASA
... NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launched the Orion spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on the Artemis II mission on ...
- NASA Marches Toward Artemis III Mission in 2027, Names Crew Members - NASA
The mission is Douglas’ first spaceflight. Selected by NASA in the 2021 astronaut candidate class, he previously served as a backup and closeout crew member for the agency’s Artemis II mission. A Virginia native, Douglas earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the U.S.
- Artemis II crew to receive top US space medal for historic lunar journey | Artemis II | The Guardian
Trump hosts crew of historic Artemis mission: ‘I would have had no trouble making it’ ... Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen were selected for the medal, despite its name, by Donald Trump after the Nasa administrator, Jared Isaacman, recommended ...
- Meet NASA Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen
Wiseman will command the Artemis II mission, with Glover serving as pilot and Koch and Hansen as mission specialists.
- NASA names astronaut crew for Artemis III mission : NPR
The Coast Guard reserve officer was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2021. He is a systems engineer with a doctorate from George Washington University. Douglas served as backup crew to Artemis II. "This mission is going to be fantastic," he said at the crew's announcement Tuesday from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
- Who are the astronauts on the Artemis II mission to the moon? - ABC News
Crew assignments for the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II are Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist 1 Christina Hammock Koch, and Mission Specialist 2 Jeremy Hansen.
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