Half Of Those Picked For NASA's Artemis Program Come From The U.S. Military

Kayla Barron wearing a spacesuit. NASA 

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Half of those picked for NASA's Artemis program, aimed at going back to the moon by 2024, come from the U.S. military. Here's a bit more about them. 

Kayla Barron, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander who was among the first female officers to serve onboard one of that service's submarines, is among a group of NASA astronauts who could be headed to the Moon as early as 2024. Of the other 17 astronauts who now make up what NASA is calling the Artemis Team, around half are or have served in the military. 

NASA announced the names of the astronauts selected for the Artemis Team on Dec. 9, 2020, on the occasion of the eighth National Space Council meeting, which took place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA had first unveiled the overarching Artemis program, which is its new lunar exploration effort, in September. 

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WNU Editor: If everything goes according to plan. Some will be going to the moon in 2024. The video profile for each astronaut that you can watch in the above link is impressive.