April 1 (Reuters) - All three NASA astronauts on the Artemis II lunar mission are veterans of Earth-orbit science expeditions to the International Space Station, while the lone Canadian joining them on a voyage around the moon and back is a spaceflight rookie.

The Artemis II crew includes the first woman, Black man, and Canadian to fly on a moon mission, a key step for NASA.

NASA astronaut friends Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, who performed the first all-female spacewalk, are breaking records again.

She’s a molecular biologist who is about to become the first female astronaut in Spain’s history. But before she can take off, she has to complete ESA’s Astronaut Reserve training in Cologne.