. >> jessica watkins. >> make way, apollo era, in 2020, this is what the right stuff looks like. >> theemis generation. >> nasa's 18artemis astronauts range in age from 32-55. half of them have never been to space. half are women. and nasa intends for one of them to be in space first. >> i will either walk on the moon, or one of my friends will walk on the moon. and both of those scenarios are beyond my wildest dreams when i was a kid >> i want took my breath away. >> we spoke to nicoleman, she is currently training to fly the starliner ship to the international space station next year and now the moon is on her horizon too. >> www.be important to do you to be the first woman to land on the moon? >> you know, i would love to be the first woman to walk on the moon. but, in reality, it's the bigger mission that's more important. it's important that we get there as americans and that we get there as a human race. >> to get there, nasa is developing a new megarocket and crew capsule called orion. but congress has yet to fully fund the trump administration's 2024 landing goal. and the incomi

. >> jessica watkins. >> reporter: make way, apollo era., this is what the right stuff looks like. ke.the artemis generation. >> reporter: nasa's 18 artemis astronauts range in age from 32 ey 55. they include flight test pilots, geologists and a former navy seal. half have never been to space. half are women. and nasa intends for one of them to become a space first. >> i'm either going to walk on the moon or one of my friends is going to walk on the moon, and both of those scenarios are beyond my wildest dreams when i was a kid. >> it really just took my breath away. >> reporter: we talked to artemis astronaut nicole mann. she's currently training to fly boeing's starliner spaceship to the international space station next year, and now the moon is on her horizon, too. would it be important for you to be the first woman to land on the moon? >> you know, i would love to be the first woman to walk on the moon. but in reality, it's the bigger mission that's more important. it's important that we get there as americans, that we get there as a hu