What was meant to be a celebratory moment for NASA’s lunar ambitions turned into an unintended masterclass in geopolitics, as the crew of Artemis II found themselves attending an Iran and Russia briefing instead of a space-focused reception. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, arrived …
Artemis 2 mission specialist Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Orion as the crew was traveling to the Moon (Image credits: AP) As Artemis II races home from the moon, its crew is preparing for its “riding a fireball through the atmosphere” moment, the most dangerous phase of the mission as the Orion spacecraft …
In the 1960s Ed Dwight was the first Black astronaut candidate — but he never got his chance to go to the Moon. He said he’s now living out that once-denied dream vicariously through Victor Glover, who is set to make history on the Artemis 2 Moon mission that could take off as soon as …