Finally, NASA announced this Monday to the four crew members of the Artemis II mission that in 2024 they will carry out a ten-day space mission around the Moon, in preparation for man’s return to Earth’s satellite.
The crew members of the Artemis II are: wise reid (commander), glover winner (pilot), member of the Canadian Space Agency Jeremy Hanson AND Christine Koch, both mission specialists.
The four will take off in November 2024 from Florida, United States, aboard the Orion spacecraft and the powerful SLS rocket, which has already had a first test with the successful Artemis I mission.
Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 are the next planned missions. If Artemis 1 delivers the expected results – and based on the analysis of the data and information it provides – NASA will move forward in this direction.
In 2024, Artemis 2 it will take astronauts to the moon, but without landing. Yes, it will be the crew of Artemis 3 – a mission scheduled for 2025 – who will be able to set foot on our satellite.
Since then, the plan calls for an annual mission in build gateway space station orbiting the Moon and a base at its south pole.
The goal is try new equipment, overalls, vehicles, a mini power plant and even the use of ice water. All in an effort to establish a lasting human presence on the Moon.
Apollo 17, the last crew to approach the Moon
He December 11, 1972 Apollo 17 took off at night, the only one to do so, from the coast of the state of Florida in the southeastern United States until the departure of Artemis I in November 2022.
It was commanded by Eugene Cernana veteran who already knew the lunar landscape, at least from orbit, since he had flown on Apollo 10, the “dress rehearsal” before the first moon landing.
They traveled just over 30 kilometers, accumulating rock samples, for example, which are still preserved today at the Space Center in Houston.
It was a mission with several incidents, minor ones, but problems nonetheless. Among these, the frequent loss of balance, right from the backpack they carried on their shoulders raise the center of gravity and it was enough for them to lean a little to fall.
Source: Clarin
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