You Are: The Commander
The commander leads the crew and ensures effective communications and decision-making. They are an advocate for the team, empowering crew members to speak up if there is a disagreement or question. They have the final say in times of indecision and are the primary communicator with Mission Control. During ascent and entry, the commander and pilot are prime to handle tasks related to manually piloting the spacecraft and interacting with the displays. The commander of the Artemis II mission is NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman.
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Inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Artemis II crew members (from left) NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch are shown wearing test versions of the Orion crew survival system spacesuits they will wear on launch day as part of an integrated ground systems test on Wednesday, Sept. 20.
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Four astronauts will fly around the Moon to test NASA's foundational human deep space exploration capabilities, the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft, for the first time with crew.
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