Another first: the presence of a woman on a mission to the Moon. Christina Koch is a 44-year-old American engineer who has already flown 328 days, including six spacewalks. On October 18, 2019, with Jessica Meir, she made the first 100% female release. They will be accompanied by Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency. Aged 47, this fighter pilot has never carried out a space mission.
Dressed in blue suits, the quartet was presented on Monday by the boss of NASA, Bill Nelson, from the center of the American space agency in Houston. “It has been more than half a century since astronauts have traveled to the Moon”did he declare. “Well, that’s going to change.”