Earlier this week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the names of the crew of the Orion capsule. The four-astronaut team is scheduled to travel to and around the moon (without landing or going into lunar orbit) before returning home to Earth in late 2024. Here’s what we know about the crew and the Artemis II mission so far.
Who are the crew members of the Orion?
The four crew members of the Orion are Reid Wiseman, Victor J. Glover, Jr., Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.
- Reid Wiseman, the mission’s commander, served as flight engineer on the 165-day mission of the International Space Station for Expedition 41 in 2014. Reid spent nearly 13 hours as lead spacewalker during two trips outside the orbital complex.
- Victor J. Glover, Jr., the mission’s pilot, served as flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 64. More recently, he served as pilot and second-in-command on the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon, named Resilience.
- Christina Koch, mission specialist, served as flight engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 59, 60 and 61. With a total of 328 days in space, Koch holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman.
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