'It's kind of surreal': NASA astronaut says Artemis' goal is to land 1st woman, 1st person of color

NASA announced its next attempt to launch space capsule Artemis I will be on Saturday, and ABC13's Brhe Berry got to chat with astronaut Jessica Meir about the process and its significance.

She explained this launch on Saturday is the final step in testing. While there will be no crew members onboard this launch, Meir said the next one will. "We are not just preparing to go to the moon, we are going. We're ready to go," Meir said with a smile on her face."We have a much more diverse workforce this time. It's one of the goals of the Artemis mission to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon. That is very exciting to me. It means that we will all really be represented as we explore together," Meir said.

Imagine how cool the video from the actual mission going around the moon is going to be.

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