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Astronauts and then-astronaut prospects from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency posture for a photo in front of NASA's Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher on the pad at Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 28, 2022. The astronauts are, from delegated right: Christina Birch, NASA astronaut prospect; Joe Acaba, NASA astronaut; Don Pettit, NASA astronaut; Victor Glover, NASA astronaut; Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency astronaut; Jessica Meir, NASA astronaut; Stan Love, NASA astronaut; Jack Hathaway, NASA astronaut prospect; Shannon Walker, NASA astronaut; Andre Douglas, NASA astronaut prospect; Kate Rubins, NASA astronaut; Chris Williams, NASA astronaut prospect; Reid Wiseman, NASA astronaut; Stephanie Wilson, NASA astronaut; Jessica Wittner, NASA astro...

NASA astronaut Christina Birch (in orange flight match) practices Orion spacecraft entry throughout a workout with NASA and the U.S. Navy in February 2024, when she was still an astronaut prospect. (Image credit: U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 2nd Class Connor Burns)Weeks before passing her astronaut training, NASA's Christina "Chris" Birch discovered herself out in open water.The recently minted NASA astronaut was checking the fit of the Orion spacecraft that will support Artemis program astronauts ahead of their prepared moon objectives. Birch belonged to a big group in February practicing the splashdown for Artemis 2, which will send out 4 other astronauts around the moon in September 2025 before returning to Earth in the Pacific Ocean.Off the coast of San Diego, in the choppy Pacific, Birch a...

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New NASA astronauts commemorate moon objectives, personal spaceport station as they prepare for liftoff (special)

Splashdown practice for Artemis 2 moon objective ‘an unbelievable experience,’ brand-new NASA astronaut states (special)