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MD Native Leads NASA's Manned Moon Mission
Artemis 2 will test lunar mission systems and carry four astronauts farther from Earth than any humans before, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar flight in over 50 years.
- On April 1, NASA will launch Artemis 2 from Kennedy Space Center, sending Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day journey around the moon.
- The mission follows the uncrewed Artemis 1 test flight in November 2022, part of President Donald Trump's Artemis program established to return humans to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.
- NASA's 322-foot Space Launch System rocket generates 8.8 million pounds of thrust—more than 15% more power than the Saturn V—while the Orion capsule provides state-of-the-art radiation protection for the crew.
- Historic milestones mark the mission: Glover becomes the first Black astronaut to travel near the moon, Koch becomes the first woman to do so, and Hansen represents the Canadian Space Agency on a lunar flyby.
- NASA plans future lunar landings as early as 2028 to establish a permanent moon base and eventually prepare for Mars missions, while the Space Coast anticipates visitor numbers similar to past launches that drew up to 200,000 people.
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