By NASA
March 18, 2023
Throughout an occasion at NASA Johnson Space Centers Ellington Field in Houston, NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon. Traveling aboard NASAs Orion spacecraft during Artemis II, the objective is the very first crewed flight test on the agencys path to developing a long-lasting scientific and human presence on the lunar surface area. Astronauts on their very first flight aboard NASAs Orion spacecraft will travel farther into the solar system than humanity has actually ever traveled before.
The crew will include 3 NASA astronauts and one CSA astronaut, showing the firms dedication to global collaborations through the Artemis program. Artemis II builds on the successful Artemis I flight test, which launched an uncrewed Orion, atop the SLS rocket, on a 1.4 million-mile journey beyond the Moon to evaluate systems before astronauts fly aboard the systems on an objective to the Moon.
Artemis II is the very first crewed flight test on the companys course to establishing a long-lasting scientific and human existence on the lunar surface area. Credit: NASA
Throughout an occasion at NASA Johnson Space Centers Ellington Field in Houston, NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon. Taking a trip aboard NASAs Orion spacecraft throughout Artemis II, the mission is the very first crewed flight test on the companys course to developing a long-lasting scientific and human presence on the lunar surface area. The occasion will occur at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3.
The occasion will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the firms website.
Artemis II will be the first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft around the Moon. Astronauts on their first flight aboard NASAs Orion spacecraft will travel further into the planetary system than humanity has ever traveled before. Their mission will be to verify all of the spacecrafts systems run as developed with crew aboard in the actual environment of deep space. Credit: NASA
Artemis II is the very first crewed mission aboard NASAs foundational human deep space abilities: the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems needed to release them. The approximately 10-day objective will check and stress the Orion spacecrafts life-support systems to show the abilities and techniques required to live and operate in deep space in ways just human beings can do.
