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Shooting for the moon

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published April 7, 2023 at 10:07 AM EDT
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
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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

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.

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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