Commander of NASA's next moon mission has connection to the Pacific Northwest

by Holly Menino, KOMO News Anchor

Tue, April 4th 2023, 8:21 PM UTC

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman will serve as the Commander for the Artemis II mission. Wiseman flew previously as a flight engineer aboard the International Station for Expedition 41 from May through November 2014, logging more than 165 days in space. Prior to his assignment, Wiseman served as chief of the Astronaut Office from December 2020 until November 2022. (Photo: NASA/Robert Markowitz)

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. (Photo: NASA)

This combination of photos shows, from left, astronauts Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman. On Monday, April 3, 2023, NASA announced the three Americans and one Canadian as the crew who will be the first to fly the Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than late 2024. (NASA, CSA via AP)

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NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman will serve as the Commander for the Artemis II mission. Wiseman flew previously as a flight engineer aboard the International Station for Expedition 41 from May through November 2014, logging more than 165 days in space. Prior to his assignment, Wiseman served as chief of the Astronaut Office from December 2020 until November 2022. (Photo: NASA/Robert Markowitz)

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