National Space Council Meeting and Special Artemis Announcement

From left, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Joseph Acaba, Anne McClain, Matthew Dominick, and Jessica Watkins pose inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Dec. 9, 2020. The five are among the initial team of 18 astronauts eligible for early Artemis missions on and around the Moon, announced by Vice President Mike Pence during a meeting of the National Space Council inside the Apollo/Saturn V Center. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.