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Indian-American Raja Chari picked by NASA for Artemis Moon missions
Thu, Dec 10 2020 02:31:02 PM
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS): NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next lunar missions, including sending the first woman and next man to walk on the lunar surface in 2024.
Vice President of the US Mike Pence introduced the members of the Artemis Team on Wednesday during the eighth National Space Council meeting at NASA s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. I give you the heroes who will carry us to the Moon and beyond the Artemis Generation, said Vice President Mike Pence.
NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the
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NASA has chosen 18 astronauts who will train for missions on and around the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program. The Artemis Team was introduced by Vice President Mike Pence during the eighth National Space Council meeting at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. The program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the moon in 2024 with an eye toward establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon by the end of the decade.
“Walking on the lunar surface would be a dream come true for any one of us, and any part we can play in making that happen is an honor,” said Chief Astronaut Pat Forrester. “I am proud of this particular group of men and women and know that any of them would do an outstanding job representing NASA and the United States on a future Artemis mission.”