Nasa announces first moon crew in 50 years, including first woman

NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen, the four-member team chosen for the Artemis II lunar flyby, pose wearing flight suits in Houston, Texas, U.S. March 30, 2023. – Photo: NASA Johnson Space Center/Josh Valcarcel/Handout via Reuters

Nasa on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission.

The first moon crew in 50 years – three Americans and one Canadian – was introduced during a ceremony in Houston, home to the nation's astronauts as well as Mission Control.