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Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
The four-person crew is in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center, where a 322-foot-tall rocket is being readied at the launch pad.
The crew includes a few firsts for a moon mission, the first person of color, the first woman, and the first non-American, a Canadian space agency astronaut named Jeremy Hansen.
At a press briefing, Hansen said their flight is actually a collaboration with lots of international partners.
Their space journey is expected to last about 10 days.
They'll test out their capsule systems close to Earth, and if all looks good, they'll go on a looping trip around the moon and back.
Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
The four-person crew is in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center, where a 322-foot-tall rocket is being readied at the launch pad.
The crew includes a few firsts for a moon mission, the first person of color, the first woman, and the first non-American, a Canadian space agency astronaut named Jeremy Hansen.
At a press briefing, Hansen said their flight is actually a collaboration with lots of international partners.
Their space journey is expected to last about 10 days.
They'll test out their capsule systems close to Earth, and if all looks good, they'll go on a looping trip around the moon and back.
Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
The Artemis II astronauts are in pre-flight quarantine at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Mission Commander Reid Wiseman told reporters that it's surreal to see the massive 322-foot-tall rocket standing on the launch pad.
Their test flight is expected to last 10 days.
First, while their Orion capsule is in orbit around Earth, they'll check out its communications, life support, navigation and propulsion.
If their spacecraft all looks good, they'll go on a looping trip around the moon before coming back to splash down in the Pacific.
Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.
Since private astronaut and wealthy entrepreneur Jared Isaacman became NASA's administrator a few months ago, he's been shaking up its Artemis Moon program.