Washington, December 9th – On the 9th, Vice President Pence announced the list of astronaut teams of the U.S. return program “Aramis” on the lunar. Half of the 18 astronauts are women.
On the same day, Pence announced the list of 18 people participating in the “Aramis” project, including 9 men and 9 astronauts, when attending the meeting of the National Space Commission at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Pence said that the astronaut team will “take us back to the moon and beyond”. The first female astronaut and one male astronaut to land on the moon in the future will be selected from this team.”
The name Artemis is taken from the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology, which corresponds to the project to realize the project of “the first female astronaut landing on the moon”.
File photo: The equipment used by Armstrong and other astronauts to land on the moon is displayed in the Space Museum of the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Photo by Zhang Fengguo, reporter of Xinhua News Agency
In a press release released on the 9th, NASA said that according to the goals of the Artemis project, American astronauts will return to the moon in 2024. However, it is generally believed that this timetable is likely to be delayed due to many factors such as research and development progress and capital investment.
NASA said that it will announce the specific mission arrangements of the “Aramis” astronaut team, and if necessary, the team will recruit more astronauts, including astronauts from international partners.
