The Root; Published By: Kalyn Womack
The last mission sent a crew of astronauts to fly around the moon was in 1972. Monday, NASA announced their latest lunar mission which will make history by assigning the first woman and African American astronaut to the moon crew, according to The Associated Press.
The lunar mission is simply to fly around the moon and come back to Earth. The report says their launch is planned for no later than 2024. The complete crew in NASA’s Orion capsule will be Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch (who is the record holder for the longest spaceflight by a woman), Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, and the man of the hour, Victor Glover.
According to NASA’s website, Glover was serving as a Legislative Fellow for John McCain in the Senate when he was called to join the Astronaut Group 21 team in 2013. Read more
