A space crew must have diverse professional profiles. "In future long-duration missions, not only engineers and technicians will be needed, but also culture, humanities, and communication," remarks Jennifer García Carrizo, a science communicator at Rey Juan Carlos University. She herself is proof: in February 2025, she participated as a journalist in the Hypatia II mission, which – with an all-female crew – simulated the conditions of Mars in the Utah desert. It was "twelve suns," in practice fifteen days, of an intense mission that she now recounts in the book Mission Mars.

NASA's Artemis II mission, which was scheduled to launch next weekend to a manned mission around the MoonThe launch of the Artemis II spacecraft has been postponed until at least March after a fuel leak was detected during test flights on Tuesday. NASA announced the postponement through its official channels, now indicating March as "the earliest possible launch opportunity for the Artemis II mission," which will carry four astronauts. The plan is for them to orbit the Moon before returning to Earth.