Florida Today.Vice President Pence announced the Artemis astronauts at the National Space Council meeting held at Kennedy Space Center where every manned mission to the moon launched.[TRENDING: SpaceX spacecraft flies, then explodes | Wear mask AFTER vaccine shot? | Intruders cut woman’s hair, leave]“I give you the heroes of the future, who will carry us back to the moon and beyond -- the Artemis generation.”The group includes veterans of the space shuttle programs, others who have served on the International Space Station and some awaiting their first space flight.Half of the astronauts selected were women – one of whom will make history as the first woman on the moon.Among those chosen were Joseph Acaba, who taught science at Melbourne.