Artemis 2 commander woke up nervous before big moon announcement

HOUSTON — Reid Wiseman, a combat-tested former fighter pilot who executed more than 500 career landings on aircraft carriers, woke up nervous yesterday. Wiseman was officially named commander of the Artemis 2 mission during a high-octane, live-streamed NASA event on Monday (April 3). He will be only the 10th astronaut ever to command a moon mission. But in getting ready for the big reveal, he did what all good astronauts do: turn to their crew. On stage at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), Wiseman worked closely with NASA’s Christina Koch and Victor Glover, along with Canadian Space…