Reid Wiseman

Reid Wiseman is an American naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is the commander of the 2026 Artemis II lunar flyby mission, the first crewed flight around the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 2009, he flew to the International Space Station in 2014 as part of Expedition 40/41 and earlier served as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and test pilot. On April 1, 2026, he launched on Artemis II as the oldest human to travel beyond low Earth orbit, at age 50. He is also, along with the other crew members of Artemis II, the human that has traveled the farthest from Earth.