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The US space agency “NASA” announced the resumption of its “Artemis” training program, which aims to land again on the surface of the moon, according to the “Associated Press”.
NASA has identified 18 astronauts who will train within the program, and a man will be chosen, and a woman will be the first of her gender to step on the moon, from among the group of which half are women.
US Vice President Mike Pence introduced the 18 NASA astronauts this week during their recent meeting as president of the National Space Council.
The group was announced at the Kennedy Space Center, located in Florida, below the Saturn 5 rocket, which participated in the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s.
Pence said the last of the 12 people to walk on the moon, the Apollo 17 rover captain at the time, Gene Cernan, wanted to see nothing more than to remove the word “last” from his title.
Cernan walked on the moon in mid-December 1972.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein confirmed that more astronauts will join the group working on the moon landing exercises.
NASA has set a goal of landing on the moon again by 2024.
The group that NASA chose is considered somewhat young, most of them are between 30 and 40 years old, the oldest of them is 55 years old and the youngest is only 32 years old.
