In historic first, woman among four set for Moon voyage

Christina Koch waves as she boards the astronaut van with the crew of the Artemis II launch mission.—Reuters • Crew also includes first person of colour, first non-American• Four-member team is first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years KENNEDY CENTRE: Ame­r­ican astronaut Christina Koch, 47, will become the first woman to take part in a lunar mission when Nasa’s mission dubbed Artemis 2, takes off from Florida as early as April 1 at 6:24pm local time (3:24am PKT on Thursday). Koch will be...