The astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission are called a crew, but they really regard themselves as a team, right down to just getting around the Orion spacecraft’s cabin. But they have been intently focused on the overall success of the Artemis program, as there is a lot at stake because it’s the first crewed deep-space flight in more than 50 years. And the astronauts are acutely aware of that and how what they will impact future moon missions.
“Part of our ethos as a crew and our values from the very beginning were that this is a relay race,” Mission Specialist Christina Koch said during a virtual news conference with reporters Wednesday evening. “In fact, we have batons that we bought to symbolize physically that. We plan to hand them to the next crew. And every single thing we do is with them in mind.”
Koch referenced tasks she and the
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