NASA announces 'Artemis Team' of astronauts for future moon missions

NASA has selected 18 astronauts to begin training for missions to the moon as part of its "Artemis" program. NASA wants to go back to the moon to establish a sustainable presence and prepare for future trips to Mars. Vice President Mike Pence revealed the names of the astronauts Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center. The first woman and the next man to walk on the lunar surface will come from this group. Mark Strassmann reports on who they are.

[TELEVISIBLE]

I am so hype about the new moon landing

[DrBlood-cqcm]

1) why does nasa feel the need to go back to the moon 50+ years after it already landed, multiple times? There is only one answer allowed.
2) lets see the pictures of the Red Team members who walked up to a mostly full rocket just before launch to fix a hydrogen leak.

[gamingwithmrgvil]

Inexcusable that it's taken this long. 50 yrs of wasted time we will never get back. We should have already colonized the entire solar system by now. So disappointing.

[oogityboogity]

I have a feeling it’s gonna me Koch or Meir as the first women

[j.g]

HISTORY IS HAPPENING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES . these moments 100 years from now will be looked Upon just as the Current Generations look upon Apollo 11 & the Moon landing.

These moments were living in right now are thr foundation & Building Blocks of the Future.

Because its not just the astounding Feats that these Ladies & Gentlmen will accomplish while embarking on this mission its the Accomplishments of Human Kind.

The Artemis Mission & then later on off to Mars is going to be the greatest Achievement in Human History. And it sends chills down my spine just thinking about it

[elnorton]

According to the 2007 plan, should have landed in 2019.

[extrasolar]

pancreas was the word of the year, but the artichoke constellation is tonight's space specific subject. the greek myth entails artimash, artemises vegetarian sister. she was the goddess of the garden, although she occasionally did hunt capybaras to make booties, and because she detested rodents. when zues and hera decided to fling her into the sky for eternity as a symbol of good gardening, they did not let her keep her artichokes, forever left to grow only carrots. which wasn't a bad thing, it just didnt allow her to be as famous as artemis.

[yosoyjoaquin]

EARTHLINGS? ROCKET FUEL? WATCHA TRYING TO DRIVE A CADILLAC TO MARS LOL.AH THE GOOD OLD DAYS

[lesterhall]

It's important that we get there. I thought we had already been.

[jessicasimplicioreis]

Go Jéssica Meir e Watkins!!...💋💜🌚😎😻🍄💀🖤

[tomn.]

This is exciting and important, but if we are having trouble funding proper COVID relief, this can wait.

[playofflron]

2:20 no europeans wanted to be on every continent for, gold and rare spices.

[bluediamond]

Frank Rubio representing the salvadoreans and Latino community :-)

[chavue]

Too bad they are racist. I don't see any Hmong

[josephiii]

...lol Wait. ...lol ok, I'm done. no, wait. ...lol. ok
now, ask yourself what the DAILY budget is to this 'organization'. research that, I'll wait.

next, once we can go beyond 500 miles up, you let me know. 🤔 THINK

[pasimaenpaa]

in my opinion, the return to the ground of moon or even the orbit of the moon and coming back to earth successfully, after 50 long years, i highly doubt that it will become true. in my point of view, it could be much harder than we think and also, in my opinion, we have simply wasted 50 years.

[steveperreira]

What a waste of money. At more than $2 billion per launch, more than five times what spacex could do it for

[valerieyates]

I don’t believe a word of it - for one, these wannabe “astronauts” are way too cheerful.

[IronFreee]

I hope that this choice is dictated by a desire to be efficient and not to be politically correct...

[hughvonniederhausern]

Look we do apologize to the CBS news team, for such a downer comment, this early in the Morning,
Matt Damon did an excellent acting performance,
the point here is that Science needs boundaries,
American Science requires even more boundaries,
And there is no need to go to Mars,
there is viable Science there.
If the NASA crews feel cheated,
welcome to the real world.
Science and space may not be for you?