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On 26 March 2019, Vice President Mike Pence announced that NASA's Moon landing goal would be accelerated by four years with a planned landing in 2024. [27] On 14 May 2019, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that the new program would be named Artemis, after the goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology who is the twin sister of Apollo.
Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed Artemis mission and the first American crewed lunar landing since Apollo 17 in December 1972. [6] As of December 2024, NASA officially expects Artemis III to launch no earlier than mid-2027 due to heat shield issues on Orion and valve problems in the spacecraft's life support system. [7] [8]
The space agency has outlined nine potential lunar landing sites for its Artemis III mission, the agency's first planned return to the moon in over five decades. The mission, set for 2026, intends ...
Deliver the "first woman and next man" to the Moon. NASA: Artemis IV: Orion, Starship HLS: September 2028 [157] SLS Block 1B: First flight of Block 1B configuration. Deliver Lunar I-Hab and conduct second Artemis crewed lunar landing. NASA: Artemis V: Orion, Blue Moon HLS: March 2030 [157] SLS Block 1B: Crewed Gateway and Surface expedition.
NASA has selected several lunar sites where astronauts could once again land on the moon. The agency is set to send humans back to the moon during its Artemis III mission, which won’t happen ...
Scientists are excited to explore the moon's polar region, parts of which are perpetually shaded from the sun. and potential landing sites for Artemis III.
Emblem of the Artemis program. The Artemis program is a human spaceflight program by the United States.The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972; mid-term objectives include establishing an international expedition team, and a sustainable human presence on the Moon.
The first human moon landing in over 50 years has been postponed to 2026. NASA's Artemis II mission, aiming to return humans to the moon's orbit by Nov. of this year, has been rescheduled to Sept ...