NAU Expert Joins NASA's Artemis II Team

Kristen Bennett, NAU’s newest planetary scientist, has been selected to lend her expertise on NASA’s first crewed lunar landing since the 1970s. NASA shared on March 24 that Bennett was one of just 10 participating scientists from throughout the United States selected to join a lunar surface science team that will help develop plans for the first Artemis crewed missions on the Moon. From their lunar landing spots, the Artemis astronauts will venture out on extravehicular activities, or EVAs. That’s where Bennett comes in. “Our job is to be the scientists—and specifically geologists—sitting in the back room at the NASA...

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