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Indian-American US Air Force colonel Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari has been named among the team of 18 astronauts who will train for NASA s Artemis moon-landing program.
National Geographic series Return To The Moon tracks first woman s journey to the Moon
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Fifty years after the Apollo space flights, a new generation at NASA is suiting up for an historic return to the moon.
The Artemis programme has trailblazing ambitions: a woman will step on the lunar surface for the first time. In a long-term collaboration with NASA, National Geographic will give viewers an all-access pass to this group of intrepid astronauts and their colleagues, documenting their efforts, ambitions, sacrifices and breakthrough first steps in the special event series âReturn To The Moonâ.
Co-Founders Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn together with Suzanne Lavery join as executive producers while award-winning filmmaker, Jerry Rothwell will serve as series director.
He was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class.
He reported for duty in August 2017 and having completed the initial astronaut candidate training is now eligible for a mission assignment.
“My fellow Americans, I give you the heroes of the future who will carry us back to the Moon and beyond: the Artemis Generation”, Vice President Mike Pence said at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday.
“It really is amazing to think that the next man and the first woman on the Moon are among the names that we just read… We started today reflecting on a great hero of the past. The Artemis Generation are the heroes of American space exploration in the future”, Pence said after he introduced the members of the Artemis Team during the eighth National Space Council meeting.
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