The next stage in NASA’s audacious journey to bring back people to the surface of the Moon is called Artemis II, and the space agency has just revealed the names of the four scientists who will serve on its team. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and record-breaking Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, have been named as the four new candidates selected today.

However, it will be the first crewed journey to go to the Moon in over half a century, and it will include the first woman and the first individual of color to go to the Moon. The mission will not land on the Moon, but Koch and Glover will also make history by becoming the first women and people of color, respectively, to journey to deep space.

“Together we will usher in new era of exploration for a new generation of star sailors and dreamers—the Artemis generation,” NASA Administrator Senator Bill Nelson said during the press conference.

After the successful test flight of Artemis I at the end of 2022, which included a circumnavigation of the Moon, work began on Artemis II. It is anticipated that the expedition will get underway some time in November 2024 and will last for a maximum of 21 days.

In addition, this will be the first flight with astronauts from launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center since the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2006.

Since Apollo 17 in 1972, no human spacecraft has traveled further than Artemis II will in the future. They plan to get as close to the far side of the Moon as 6,000 kilometers (10,000 kilometers) away from it.