NASA will land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 on the Artemis III mission and about once a year thereafter.
Artemis II , the first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System Orion, is targeted for launch in 2022.
NASA is working toward launching Artemis I in 2020, an uncrewed flight to test the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft together.
RED TRAJECTORY The trajectory moves from left to right through the crossbar of the âAâ opposite that of Apollo. Thus highlighting the distinct differences in our return to the moon. The trajectory is red to symbolize our path to Mars.
MOON The Moon is our next destination and a stepping stone for Mars. It is the focus of all Artemis efforts.
BLUE EARTH CRESCENT The crescent shows missions from our audienceâs perspective. From Earth we go. Back to Earth all that we learn and develop will return. This crescent also visualizes Artemisâ bow as the source from which all energy and effort is sent.
TIP OF THE A The tip of the A of Artemis points beyond the Moon and signifies that our efforts at the Moon are not the conclusion, but rather the preparation for all that lies beyond.
TIP OF THE AThe tip of the A of Artemis points beyond the Moon and signifies that our efforts at the Moon are not the conclusion, but rather the preparation for all that lies beyond.
BLUE EARTH CRESCENTThe crescent shows missions from our audienceâs perspective. From Earth we go. Back to Earth all that we learn and develop will return. This crescent also visualizes Artemisâ bow as the source from which all energy and effort is sent.
MOONThe Moon is our next destination and a stepping stone for Mars. It is the focus of all Artemis efforts.
RED TRAJECTORYThe trajectory moves from left to right through the crossbar of the âAâ opposite that of Apollo. Thus highlighting the distinct differences in our return to the moon. The trajectory is red to symbolize our path to Mars.
AThe A symbolizes an arrowhead from Artemisâ quiver and represents launch.
TaskForceCausality on December 3rd, 2019 at 05:48 UTC »
NASA’s tragic problem is their manned missions outlast sitting politicians. Until they can get from the drawing board to “Contact Light” in three years or less, it’s not gonna get funded .
“I’ll gladly support increased funding to a mission that will heap praise and glory on my replacement” - said no sitting US politician EVER.
Once the people signing the government budget can get credit for the mission,it’ll happen in a New York minute.
paulsmalls on December 3rd, 2019 at 02:40 UTC »
Yeah...I'll believe we'll send another person to the moon when i see the rocket launch. Until then, it's just an announcement that will go nowhere.
ferb2 on December 3rd, 2019 at 02:32 UTC »
Maybe I missed something, but didn't they announce this at the start of the year? They seem to keep announcing this every now and then. Which on top of the other issues doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the program.
They are making a bold claim that when SLS is done it'll be the most powerful rocket in the world. When it's done it might be the second most powerful rocket.