Entire NASA astronaut corps eligible for Artemis missions -
Although NASA announced in December 2020 an “Artemis Team” of 18 astronauts that would form a pool of candidates for Artemis mission crews, NASA’s chief astronaut now says the entire astronaut corps is now eligible for those missions. Credit: NASA TV
“The question everyone will ask is when are we assigning a crew to Artemis 2? We hope that will be later this year,” he said. That mission is expected to launch no earlier than 2024. “The way I look at it, any one of our 42 active astronauts is eligible for an Artemis mission,” he said, a point he emphasized several times during the briefing. “We want to assemble the right team for this mission.”that agency leadership at the time, along with then-Vice President Mike Pence, said would form a pool from which NASA would select crews for at least initial Artemis missions.
Wiseman, though, emphasized that he would consider all current astronauts, as well as 10 astronaut candidates currently in training. “We have 42 active astronauts here in Houston and 10 astronaut candidates who will be beating down the door for Artemis 2 and beyond,” he said.
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