NASA launches astronaut team Went to the moon for the first time in 50 years.

Foreign news agencies reported from Washington. United States on April 4 that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched four astronauts for the “Artemis Two” mission, which will send humans back to explore the moon once more. Since the Apollo 17 program in 1972, including

Christina Kok, 44, NASA engineer. which holds the record for astronauts performing spacewalking missions NASA’s longest continuous run and was one of NASA’s first three-member all-female crew team. on a spacewalking mission

From left to right: Reid Weizman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Kok.

Mr. Victor Glover, 46, made history as the first African American sailor. Participated in NASA’s lunar mission, while also Jeremy Hansen, who made history as the first Canadian astronaut. Selected for NASA’s lunar mission And the leader of this crew is Reid Weizman, one of NASA’s most experienced astronauts. Hansen and Wiseman were 47 years old.

NASA’s “Artemis” Project Emblem

NASA targets the Artemis II mission at 10 days, including round trip. The probe will take all four crew members to pass through. The “farthest side of the moon” is also the furthest point in the orbit between the Earth and the Moon.

The Artemis One mission, which took place in November last year, sent a gigantic rocket, the Space Launch System, or SLS, to the moon. To launch an unmanned capsule vehicle “Orion” to test the lunar orbit for 25 days, which NASA studies the function of the heat protection system between friction and the Earth’s atmosphere. To be developed for the Artemis II mission that will take place by the end of 2024 or at the latest, no later than early 2025.

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