A female astronaut will finally get a shot to walk on the moon

14 July 2019 - 00:00
By andrea nagel AND Andrea Nagel

Nasa has a plan to put the first woman on the surface of the moon by 2024 in a project the US space agency is calling Artemis, after the Greek goddess of the moon and twin sister of the god Apollo.

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