So, we now know who is going to orbit the moon. This is less exciting than landing, but it's still a big step.
The four crew members are:
Mission Commander: Reid Wiseman. Who resigned as Chief of NASA Astronauts to do this. He has experience on the ISS and also with undersea research. I'm also seeing his name as Gregory R. Wiseman, but NASA is using Reid, so I am assuming that is his preference.
Pilot: Victor Glover, a highly experienced test pilot. He became an astronaut by the classic route of flying for the military, as a naval aviator and then transferred to the air force to become a test pilot. He is the first Black man to work on the ISS.
Mission specialist: Christina Koch. A highly experienced astronaut who followed a very different path...she started out working in electrical engineering at Goddard. I think in this case they are using "mission specialist" to mean "flight engineer." Seems that she has the background.
Mission specialist: Jeremy Hansen, who will be representing Canada. He's another pilot type and also an astronaut trainer. It will be his first mission to space. Imagine that as your first mission. I suspect that he will be receiving pilot training from Glover and may be the emergency backup.
Seems like a decent team.
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