CA Native To Be First Black Astronaut In Lunar Mission — NASA's First In More Than Half A Century
Published on March 28, 2026.
The first black astronaut in NASA's Lunar Mission, Reid Wiseman, has been chosen for the first time in over half a century. The Artemis crew includes a woman, a person of color, and a Canadian, as well as a woman. The mission aims to pave the way for future moon landings and will take them thousands of miles deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. Leading the mission is a widower who considers solo parenting his biggest challenge and most rewarding challenge. The team includes a retired Navy captain from Baltimore, who was chosen to lead the first lunar trip since 1972 after his wife's death from cancer gave him pause due to her death. The next leg of the Artemis mission will be a practice docking mission in orbit around Earth between an Orion crew capsule and one or two lunar landers in 2027.
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