Reid Wiseman

Gregory Reid Wiseman (born November 11, 1975) is a United States Navy captain, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (emeritus). He was the commander of the 2026 Artemis II lunar flyby mission, the first crewed flight around the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. He served as the 17th chief of the Astronaut Office from 2020 to 2022. 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, becoming the first commander of a lunar mission since Gene Cernan on Apollo 17 and the oldest person to travel beyond low Earth orbit at age 50. He and his crew also became the humans that have traveled the farthest from Earth.