National Aviation and Space Administration (NASA) causes the public to become a participant of the test flight Artemis II symbolically. This is a mission in which four astronauts will travel by moon and return to Earth to evaluate the basic systems and equipment for the future study of deep space.
Through the initiative “Send your name with Artemis II”Anyone can register and provide their participation by January 21. The names of the participants of this initiative will travel on the ORION spacecraft and the Space Space Space (SLS) system of NASA Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA Cosmonaut (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen.
“Artemis II – key test flight in our efforts to send again People to the surface of the moon and develop future missions to Mars. It is also an opportunity to inspire people from all over the world and give them the opportunity to accompany us as long as we lead the road in a person’s exploration to deeper places in space, “he said Laurie with glazeA temporary administrator at the NASA -Kquat Intelligence Systems Directorate in Washington.
Registered names will be stored on the SD memory card that will travel aboard the Orion ship while launching. As a symbolic memory Each participant can load a custom card shipping card with their nameby collector souvenir.
NASA has already confirmed Who will be four astronauts who will integrate the ARTEMIS II MissionThe first is a staffed flight of the program, which will again bring humanity to the satellite.
He Commander will be a raid WismanThe astronaut, elected in 2009. With a wide career, he participated as a flight engineer at the International Space Station during the expedition 41, and later considered the head of the astronaut’s office from 2020 to 2022. Now he will be responsible for this historical mission.
Role Pilot will oversee Victor GloverSelected in 2013. His experience is part of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission, where he traveled to the International Space Station as a 64 expedition member. In Artemis II it will be key in flights to the lunar orbit.
On his part, Christina Koch will become a mission specialist. Selected as a astronaut in 2013, it participated in expeditions 59, 60 and 61. Koch went down in history, reaching the longest individual spatial flight made by a woman, with 328 days in orbit, and with the participation of the first space walk integrated only by women.
Finally, Jeremy Hansen will represent the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) As a mission specialist. Since 2009, the astronaut will become the first Canadian to participate on a month’s trip, which will make it a major part of this international promotion.
