Astronauts ready to go to the moon “for all humanity”

The commander of NASA’s next mission to the moon said that he and his crew would “see things that no man has ever seen.”

Reed Wisman said at a press conference that his spacecraft is likely to fly over large moon areas that Apollo’s previous missions have never mapped.

Yesterday, NASA announced that it hoped it would succeed Start Moon’s first mission of the team for 50 years as early as February 2026S

Mission specialist Christina Koch explained that astronauts would be able to study the lunar surface with exquisite details for three hours.

“Believe it or not, human eyes are one of the best scientific instruments we have,” she said.

“Our geologists are beyond our eyes to look at the moon. We have trained how to turn these observations in response to some of the biggest questions of our time, questions like” Are we ourselves? “We can answer this by going to Mars in the future and this mission can be the first step in returning this response to humanity. “

The Artemis II mission is the second launch of the Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts and ultimately establish a long -term presence on the lunar surface.

Commander Reed told reporters, the name that the crew gave to their spacecraft and why they chose it.

“Peace and hope for all humanity, this is what we really want. We unite the world and when you squeeze it, it will create magic. So we will fly around the moon in the spacecraft” Honesty “.

All four astronauts said they had taken inspiration from the missions of Apollo Luna from the 60s and early 70s.

Read more about the four astronauts below.

Christina Koch decided to become an astronaut after seeing a photo of the land taken by Bill Anders, a member of the Apollo 8 mission crew in 1968. For her, the Artemis II flight is literally a dream come true, because it, just like Apollo, will fly around the moon to help the way to land.

Although Christina was born 11 years after taking the photo, she held a poster on the ground rising above the moon’s surface. Just as this moment inspired a generation living in the 1960s, she said in an interview with NASA that she hoped her mission would allow a new generation to live, albeit through what they live in, and as he did at that time, to make the world a more optimistic place.

“The fact that this is a person behind this lens has made this painting so deep and changed the way we thought of our own home,” she said.

“The moon was not just a symbol of thinking about our place in the universe, but it is a beacon for science and understanding where we came from.”

Christina was an engineer who became an astronaut in 2013. She lived and worked at the International Space Station almost throughout 2019, spending a total of 328 consecutive days in space and known in the first entirely female space expense. Its hobbies include surfing, climbing rocks and ice, programming, public service, triathlons, yoga, backpack, woodworking, photography and travel.

Christina was created to be the first woman to go to the moon.

This will be the first time Jeremy Hansen will be in space. He was also inspired by the astronauts of Apollo 8. At the time the world was shortened by wars and conflicts.

“When they flew out of the moon shortly before Christmas in 1968, it happened in the world and people realized it was a really difficult time. People were fighting in many different ways and I think we can all resonate with it today.

“And I remember reading about a postcard that Bill Anders received when I came back, and that was just, all that was written on him was” Save 1968 “.

With his Buzz Lightyear Square Jaw and Clean Cut appearance, he encounters the archetypal heroic astronaut. As a Canadian, he is ready to become the first non -American to go to the moon.

His message is one of the unity and inspiration not only for the United States, but for the whole world.

“The missions of Artemis have set such an ambitious goal for humanity, which is an inspiring contribution from around the world, not just one nation is inspired and moved by it, but nations around the world are gathering.”

Jeremy was a pilot of the fighter, physicist and aquanout, before joining the Canadian Space Agency in 2009. During his time with CSA, he became the first Canadian to lead astronaut training at the NASA Space Center. He is married with three children and enjoys sailing, rock climbing and mountain biking.

Those who have met with Victor say he is the most charismatic of the quartet and the most dressed, with designer brown leather boots making it look good even in an orange flight.

“Pressing ourselves is mainly to who we are,” he says in an interview with NASA. This is part of being human. “

As well as the fellow crew, his words return to a gone space age and the words of then President John F. Kennedy in 1962: “We choose to go to the moon during this decade and do other things, not because they are difficult, because this goal will serve to organize the best measurement. We accept.

Victor continues to say, “This is in our nature. We go out to explore, to learn where we are, why we are, understanding the big questions about our place in the universe.”

Victor’s call is Ike, who is known for “I know everything”, recognizing his three master’s degrees: in flight engineering, system engineering and military operational art and science.

Victor was elected astronaut from NASA in 2013. Previously, he was a pilot of NASA’s Spacex Crew-1 mission at the International Space Station as part of the 64 expedition.

He was born in Pomona, California and married with four children.

Victor is ready to be the first black man to go to the moon.

Reed Weisman also returned the echo of the Lunar photos of Apollo in 1960 when he says he hopes to view Artemis II’s mission as a “small step in having people on Mars and a sustainable presence of the moon.”

His words sound those of another cosmic commander Neil Armstrong, the first person to step on the moon: “A small step for man, a giant jump for humanity.”

Although Reed is the mission commander, he takes care to include his crew.

“When I look at Victor, Christina, and Jeremy, they want to go to make this mission, they are water -driven, they are humble to guilt. It’s so cool that it’s around them.”

Reed has widowed, and despite his prominent career as an astronaut, he considers his time to be the sole parent as his “the biggest challenge and the most rewarding phase” in his life.

In one of the few interviews that Neil Armstrong ever gave, I asked him in 1996. If the dream of the people who live and work on the moon and continue to other planets, they will ever return. His answer was:

“The reality may have faded, but the dream is still there and will return in time.”

He would be heard that he heard these words from each of the crew of Artemis II.

Christina: “We’re ready.”

Jeremy: “We are going.”

Victor: “To the moon.”

Reed: “For all humanity!”