Houston, we have a podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space

Center episode 283, The Artemis 2 Astronauts. I'm Gary Jordan, I'll be your host today.

On this podcast, we're bringing the expert scientists, engineers, astronauts, all to

let you know what's going on in the world of human spaceflight and more. NASA just named

the crew that would be flying to the moon as part of the Artemis 2 mission. Artemis 2 is

a flight test of the space launch system and Orion spacecraft around the moon to verify

today's capabilities for humans to explore deep space. After the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission,

which tested the space launch system on its first flight and pushed Orion to its limit,

verifying some of its most critical systems, we're on the path to taking that next step.

I was super fortunate to get a chance to spend some time with these individuals for this

podcast. Let me tell you, these are some exceptional people. The Artemis 2 crew, revealed to the

world, is commander Reed Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Cook,

and Jeremy Hansen. Each of the four crew members reflect on this incredible privilege

to get selected for such a mission, share stories that define their path to get to this

moment and reveal what Artemis and exploration means to them. So let's get into it, enjoy.

Mark, this is Star Trek, and we're almost at the right time to go. Is it? We have a podcast.

First up is NASA astronaut Reed Wiseman, Artemis 2 Commander. He grew up in Maryland and went to

RPI in New York for a bachelor's in computer and systems engineering before becoming a Naval

Aviator. Reed was assigned to a fighter squadron and deployed to the Middle East before being

selected as a U.S. Naval Test Pilot in 2003. He later went back to school for a master's

in systems engineering from Johns Hopkins and a certificate of space systems from the U.S.

Naval Postgraduate School before being selected as an astronaut in 2009. As a NASA astronaut,

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