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USA > NASA program > Artemis
(Artemis) aims to send people
back to the moon for the first time
since the end of NASA’s Apollo
program
in 1972.
(...)
NASA hopes to launch
its first Artemis mission next
year,
but that will be a crewless flight
designed to test a giant rocket
called the Space Launch System
and the Orion capsule
where the astronauts will
ride.
The first flight with astronauts
is scheduled for 2023.
That flight is to swing past the moon
but not land
— a 21st century equivalent
of the 1968 Apollo 8
flight.
The mission after that, Artemis 3,
is the one that is to land on the moon,
likely somewhere near the South Pole,
which is of interest because frozen water
in shadowed craters has been found there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/
science/nasa-astronauts-moon.html
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/
artemis/
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/
1249249941/nasa-bill-nelson-moon-artemis-china-starliner
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/12/
1141863877/apollo-17-nasa-moon-landing
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/
1141946917/nasa-artemis-splashdown-moon-mission
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/21/
1138247211/orion-capsule-moon-orbit-test-nasa
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/20/
from-apollo-to-artemis-
50-years-on-is-it-time-to-go-back-to-the-moon
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/
science/nasa-capstone-moon-launch.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/
science/nasa-astronauts-moon.html
Artemis >
Cubesat, robotic probe > CAPSTONE spacecraft >
The full name of
the mission is
the Cislunar
Autonomous Positioning System
Technology Operations
and Navigation
Experiment.
It will act as a
scout for the lunar orbit
where a crewed
space station
will eventually be built
as part of
Artemis.
That outpost,
named Gateway,
will serve as a
way station
where future
crews will sto
before
continuing on
to the lunar surface.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/
science/nasa-capstone-moon-launch.html
322-foot-tall moon rocket
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
get this rocket off the ground
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
be stymied by technical glitches
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
hydrogen leak
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
take to the skies
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
crew capsule > white, bell-shaped capsule, called Orion
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/21/
1138247211/orion-capsule-moon-orbit-test-nasa
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
embark on a 25-day test flight
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
1.2-million-mile trip
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
splash down in the Pacific Ocean
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
development costs
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
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