NASA has named the first female and African-American astronauts ever assigned to a lunar mission. NASA announced the first female and African-American astronauts ever assigned to a lunar mission NASA astronauts selected for the Artemis II mission had participated in earlier International Space Station expeditions Artemis II will be the first crewed flight, but not the first lunar landing On Monday, NASA revealed the identities of the four astronauts who will be the first women and African Americans to be assigned to a lunar mission.