WAPAKONETA, OH (WLIO) - It's been 54 years since Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon, and the week of July 18th they will be celebra…
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A rendering of the mural was released today which features pictures of Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Jim Lovell, and Judith Resnik. Each one achieved a "First" in U.S. space travel. There has been a total of 25 astronauts that were from Ohio. Artist Bill Hinsch of Hicksville has been commissioned to paint the 9-foot by 12-foot mural, which will be installed in the statehouse rotunda in 2024. The last painting to be placed in the rotunda was in 1959 of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
On April 3, NASA announced their new crew for the upcoming Artemis II space mission. The crew will consist of Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Kristina Koch, and Canadian Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen. The ten-day mission is expected to launch in late 2024, with the crew conducting a lunar flyby and testing systems for a lunar landing mission on Artemis III.