NASA, Canadian Space Agency Select Astronauts for Artemis Moon Mission

Astronauts are expected to fly past the moon in a 10-day mission in 2024

NASA on Wednesday demonstrated a prototype of new spacesuits developed by Axiom Space. The suits are designed for astronauts on the 2025 Artemis III mission, which NASA said would mark humanity’s first return to the moon in more than five decades. Photo: Mark Felix/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency selected four astronauts to fly around the moon on a mission that would take people deep into space for the first time in decades.

Americans Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen, are the quartet chosen for the flight, officials from the two agencies said.

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