Astronaut Christina Koch, who graduated from North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham and NC State, has been selected to be the first woman to fly around the moon.
to be part of the Artemis II mission. That mission will be the first manned mission of the Artemis program. It will test if the Orion spacecraft can function properly with humans aboard.
"The unique Artemis II mission profile will build upon the uncrewed Artemis I flight test by demonstrating a broad range of SLS and Orion capabilities needed on deep space missions," said Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager. "This mission will prove Orion's critical life support systems are ready to sustain our astronauts on longer duration missions ahead and allow the crew to practice operations essential to the success of Artemis III.
This will be the first set of missions that NASA has used to send a crew to the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, more than 50 years ago. Artemis III plans to send four astronauts to the moon in 2025 while Artemis IV plans to be the second lunar landing in 2027.Koch was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, but she was raised in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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