NASA picks 18 astronauts including the first-ever woman to set foot on Moon
NASA has named the 18 astronauts half of them women who will train for its Artemis moon-landing programme. The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this elite group. Vice President Mike Pence introduced the astronauts on Wednesday at the close of his final meeting as chairman of the National Space Council. The announcement was made at Florida's Kennedy Space Centre, beneath one of only three remaining Saturn V moon rockets from the 1960s and 1970s Apollo programme. My fellow Americans, I give you the heroes of the future who will carry us back to the moon and beyond, the Artemis generation, Pence told the small crowd, seated several feet apart from one another. Five of the astronauts the only ones in attendance walked onto the stage, waving and wearing masks. Read More