As Kathy Lueders explained, she was so “overwhelmed” by the potential tasks that were lying ahead, she initially “didn’t really thing about being first”.
Kathy Lueders, who previously headed NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, is going to oversee the space agency’s upcoming manned mission to the moon, space.com reports.
According to the media outlet, Lueders is the first woman to lead NASA’s human spaceflight program after she was appointed Associate Administrator of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.
During a teleconference on 18 June, Lueders said that when NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine asked me if she would take this role, she “didn’t really think about being first”.
As he formally introduced Lueders during the teleconference, Bridenstine outlined the tasks that she and her team will have to handle.
NASA, together with its partners – including the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency and the Japan Space Exploration Agency – is seeking to send the next man and the first woman to the Moon in 2024 as per the Artemis program.
Along with its goal to send a manned spaceflight to the moon for the first time since 1972, NASA is also seeking to establish a permanent presence on Earth’s only natural satellite.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
