Artemis II: NASA announces astronauts for 1st manned moon mission in over 50 years | FULL

NASA announced its four astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, who will be sent around the moon with the launch of the Artemis II mission set for next year.

Alongside Hansen is the first woman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, the first Black astronaut ever assigned to a lunar mission. Rounding out the crew is Reid Wiseman, another former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, named as mission commander.

With the Artemis missions, NASA aims to investigate more of the lunar surface with the plan to build a sustainable presence on the moon. The end goal is to go to Mars by the late 2030s.

All three NASA astronauts chosen for the Artemis II mission are veterans of previous expeditions aboard the International Space Station. Hansen, an astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency, is a spaceflight rookie.

Astronauts last visited the moon in December 1972, closing out the Apollo program. So far, 24 men — all Americans — have visited the moon, and half of whom have walked on it.

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