Space
Moon-Bound Astronauts Arrive in Florida Ahead of NASA Mission
Artemis II crew commander Reid Wiseman, center, speaks as mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, from left, mission specialist Christina Koch and pilot Victor Glover look on after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on March 27.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe four astronauts of NASA’s historic Artemis II mission have arrived in Florida, days ahead of their planned launch that will send them around the moon and deeper into space than any humans have gone before.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen flew on Friday to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Northrop Grumman Corp. T-38 jets – aircraft the agency’s astronauts use to travel and train.