KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – NASA and Vice President Mike Pence revealed the next group of astronauts who will step foot on the moon, some as soon as four years from now.Pence announced the names of the first astronauts cadre to train for the next missions to the lunar surface under NASA’s Artemis program.
Many of the astronauts already have spaceflight experience while for others a mission to the moon could be their first journey into space.The announcement was made at the conclusion of the 8th National Space Council meeting at Kennedy Space Center, marking Pence’s final as chair of the council.“All of those that were just named that are part of the Artemis generation, it really is amazing to think that the next man and the first woman on.