As a teenager, Reid Wiseman wasn’t dreaming of being an astronaut -- he was just trying to make it through Dulaney High School in Timonium. But when Artemis II launches next year, Wiseman will be commanding the first crew in fifty years headed toward the moon. He tells us what it means.
Shooting for the moon
![NASA's Artemis II crew brings new diversity to the moon mission. From left: mission specialist Christina Hammock Koch is the first woman, pilot Victor Glover is the first African-American and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency is the first non-American. Reid Wiseman, seated center, is the mission commander. Photo: NASA Josh Valcarcel](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6cbd648/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1638x1359+0+0/resize/880x730!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9a%2Fb8%2F67623d7c4842a8d25583584ddcce%2Fnasa-johnson-artemis-ii-crew.jpg)
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