NASA Preps SLS, Orion For Crewed Flight Test Around The Moon

four astronauts standing

The Artemis II astronauts are (from left) commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, all with NASA, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, with the Canadian Space Agency.

Credit: Kim Shiflett/NASA
No one in NASA’s Artemis II crew had been born when astronauts last ventured into deep space for the final Apollo program Moon landing in 1972. For the last half-century, human space efforts have focused on science research and technology initiatives aboard low-Earth-orbit spacecraft, culminating...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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