Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Four astronauts have been selected for NASA’s Artemis II mission: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, and mission specialist Christina Koch from NASA.
Image credit: NASA

The Artemis 2 quartet will be the first humans to get an up-close look at the Moon in more than 50 years.

That eye-full view has not been possible since the Apollo 17 astronauts departed the Moon back in 1972, now over 50 years ago!

A lunar observations campaign for the Artemis II crew has been plotted out, becoming the first humans to survey certain areas of the Moon’s far side as they speed by.

The four-person crew — NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen – will snag images, make observations, and detail their views via crew tablets and crew-to-Earth communications.

Go to my new Space.com story – “The Moon up close: How the Artemis 2 astronauts are photographing their historic lunar flyby” at:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/the-moon-up-close-how-the-artemis-2-astronauts-are-photographing-their-historic-lunar-flyby